LUFTWAFFE BOOKS
The Nordic area 1939-1945
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The best Books sampled by
Olve Dybvig
and
Knut Larsson
Books with less than 40-50 pages (in this site rather named articles) and also books published during the War are also not included. We have also deleted books that we were not able to classify higher than below average.
Classifying used by this Site:
classic = old but still....
*= average
**= good
***= very good
****= top quality
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1999 DIE CHRONIK DER 1. STAFFEL (F) AUFKLÄRUNGSGRUPPE 124 ****
Werner Fehse
(ISBN not used) - (own) Werner Fehse, Köln, Germany - (1st) Pages 251 - Photos 350 - Format A4 - Softcover - German text
History of Fernaufklärungsstaffel 1.(F)/AGr 120 who were mostly based in Scandinavia.
1998
LUFTMAKT I DET NORDLIGE KRIGSTEATER **;Jan Blom Pettersen
(ISBN not used) - (own) Jan Blom Pettersen, Trondheim, Norway - (1st)
Pages 233 - Photos 12 - Format A4 - Softcover - Norwegian text
Analyses of the Luftwaffe activities in the Trøndelag area, Central Norway.
1998 LA CAMPAGNE DE NORVEGE&#*
José Fernandez
(ISBN unknown) - Batailles Ariennes, Boulogne zur Mer, France - (1st)
Pages 80 - Photos 117 — Profiles 23 - Format A4 - Softcover - French text
Air Combat over Norway from April 1940 to June 1940.
1998
NÖDLANDNING **Bo Widfeldt and Rolph Wegmann
(ISBN 91-971605-6-3) - Air Historic Research, Nässjö, Sweden - (1st/1991, 1st enlarged 1998)
Pages 208 - Photos 344 - Format 30x22 - Hardcover - Swedish text
Luftwaffe aircraft (among others) who came down in neutral Sweden during the War.
1998
LUFTWAFFE - KUVASTO/PICTORIAL **Hannu Valtonen
(ISBN 951-95688-6-7) - Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseon,Tikkakoski, Finland - (1st)
Pages 208 - Photos 242 - Format 25x18 - Hardcover - Finnish/English text
Photo Collection w/ comments on Luftwaffe aircraft mostly used in Finland 1941-1944.
1998
GERMAN AIRCRAFT IN FINLAND 1939-1945 ***Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman
(ISBN 952-5026-7-8) - Apali Oy, Tampere, Finland - (1st)
Pages 128 - Photos 282 — Profiles 4 - Format 25x17 - Softcover - Finnish/English text
Photo Collection w/ comments on Luftwaffe aircraft mostly used in Finland 1941-1944.
1997 LUFTWAFFE POHJOINEN SIVUSTA ****
Hannu Valtonen
(ISBN 951-95688-5-9) - Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseon, Tikkakoski, Finland - (1st)
Pages 413 - Photos 54 — Profiles 20 - Format 25x18 - Hardcover - Finnish text
Air Combat over Finland and North-Norway from 1941 to 1945. Luftwaffe loss list
1996
TYSKE FLY I DANMARK 1939-1945 - HE 111 OG JU 88 (Bind 3) **Carsten Petersen
(ISBN 87-89155-09-2) - Bollerup Boghandels Forlag, Ringkøbing, Denmark - (1st) Pages 96 - Photos 110 - Format 26x19 - Softcover - Danish text
Luftwaffe Units using Heinkel He 111 or Junkers Ju 88 aircraft in Denmark 1940-1945. .
1996
HERDLA FRA FREDLIG BYGD TIL KRIGSSKUEPLASS ***Ole Sælensminde
(ISBN 82-7128-236-0) - (Own) Ole Sælensminde, Herdla, Norway - (1st) Pages 40 - Photos 31 — Profiles 16 - Format 30x21 - Softcover - Norwegian text
Use of the Luftwaffe airfield Herdla, just outside Bergen, Norway.
1996
POHJOINEN ILMASOTA ***Hannu Valtonen
(ISBN 951-95688-4-0) - Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseon, Tikkakoski, Finland - (1st)
Pages 400 - Photos 74 — Profiles 44 -Format 25x18 - Hardcover - Finnish text
Air Combat over North-Finland and North-Norway 1944/45. Russian loss list.
1996
NEU-DRONTHEIM I HITLERS REGI OG ØYSAND UNDER KRIGEN *Gabriel Brovold
(ISBN 82-7083-203-0) - Snøfugl Forlag,Melhus, Norway - (1st)
Pages 141 - Photos 51 - Format 20x13 - Hardcover - Norwegian text Use of the Luftwaffe airfield Oeysand, just outside Trondheim, Norway.
1995
DER EINSATZ DER LUFTWAFFE ÜBER ATLANTIK / NORDSEE 1939-1945 *Sönke Neitzel
(ISBN 3-7637-5938-7) - Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn, Germany - (1st) Pages 286 - Photos 104 - Format 25x21 - Hardcover - German text
Luftwaffe activities over the North Sea, some from the Nordic area.
1994
DE TOG VORE HJEM **N. Schaiffel-Nielsen
(ISBN 87-982480-1-4) - (own) N.M. Schaiffel-Nielsen, unknown, Denmark - (2nd) Pages 206 - Photos 99 - Format 25x17 - Hardcover - Danish text
Use of the Luftwaffe airfield Vandel, in Denamark. Mostly planning and building.
1994
SEA EAGLES ***Francis Marshall
(ISBN 1-871187-23-0) - Air Research Publications, Walton, Britain - (2nd) Pages 322 - Photos 215 - Format 24x18 - Hardcover - English text
Messerschmitt Bf 109 ´Toniª fighter aircraft used in Norway, Denmark and Helgoland.
1993
TYSKE FLY I DANMARK 1940-1945 - NATTJAGERE (Bind 2) ***Carsten Petersen
(ISBN 87-89155-26-2) - Bollerup Boghandels Forlag, Ringkøbing, Denmark - (1st) Pages 96 - Photos 91 - Format 26x17 - Softcover - Danish text
Luftwaffe Nightfighter units operating from Denmark 1941 - 1945
1993
LAPIN LENTOKONEENHYLYT **Hannu Valtonen
(ISBN 951-95688-3-2) - Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseon, Jyväskylä, Finland - (1st) Pages 302 - Photos 123 — Profiles 41 - Format 24x17 - Hardcover - Finnish text
Archaeology and investigation among others of 68 Luftwaffe a/c crashed in North-Finland.
1993
JAGDGESCHWADER 1 UND 11 (Teil 1) ***Jochen Prien and Peter Rodeike
(ISBN 3-923457-21-9) - (own) Jochen Rindt, Hamburg, Germany - (1st) Pages 645 - Photos 534 - Format A4 - Hardcover - German text
Among others history of Jagdgruppe III./JG 1 and later I./JG 11 from 1941-1943.
1993
JAGDGESCHWADER 1 UND 11 (Teil 2) ***Jochen Prien and Peter Rodeike
(ISBN 3-923457-24-3) - (own) Jochen Rindt, Hamburg, Germany - (1st) Pages 586 - Photos 305 - Format A4 - Hardcover - German text
Among others history of Jagdstaffeln 10./JG 11, 11./JG 11 and JGr I./JG 11 in 1944.
1992
TYSKE FLY I DANMARK 1940-1945 (Bind 1) **Carsten Petersen
(ISBN 87-89155-26-2) - Bollerup Boghandels Forlag, Ringkøbing, Denmark - (1st) Pages 96 - Photos 114 - Format 26x17 - Softcover - Danish text
Info around Luftwaffe aircraft used in Denmark 1940-1945, organized by types.
1992
GESCHICHTES DES JAGDGESCHWADERS 77 (Teil 1) **Jochen Prien
(ISBN 3-923457-19-7) - (own) Jochen Rindt, Hamburg, Germany - (1st)
Pages 619 - Photos 380 - Format A4 - Hardcover - German text
Among others history of II./JG 77 in Norway and Denmark in 1940.
1991
ACHTUNG TORPEDO LOS **Rudi Schmidt
(ISBN 3-7637-5885-2) - Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblens, Germany - (1st) Pages 381 - Photos 34 - Format 23x15 - Softcover - German text
History of the Kampfgeschwader KG 26 in 1940-1945 long based in the Nordic area.
1991
"WESERÛBUNG" EIN LAGEATLAS *Klaus-Jürgen Thies
(ISBN 3-7648-1761-5) - Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany - (1st) Pages 170 - Photos 0 - Format 42x31 - Hardcover - German text
75 Combat maps with military movements, Norway Apr/Jun 1940. Good background .
1991
LENTO-OSASTO KUHLMEY &**;Hannu Valtonen
(ISBN 951-95688-1-6) - Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseon, Jyväskylä, Finland - (1st)
Pages 236 - Photos 116 - Format 24x17 - Hardcover - Finnish text
History of Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey in South-Finland in Jun-Aug 1944.
1991
LUFTKRIGENS MINNESMERKER *Stein Vyrje
(ISBN 83-03-16542-7) - H. Aschehoug & Co., Oslo, Norway - (1st) Pages 175 - Photos 204 - Format A4 - Hardcover — Norwegian text
Some Luftwaffe Aircraft (among others) that crashed in South-Norway 1940-1945.
1991
FLYALARM ****Bjørn Hafsten, Ulf Larsstuvold, Bjørn Olsen and Sten Stenersen
(ISBN 82-7046-058-3) - Sem & Stenersen A/S, Oslo, Norway - (1st) Pages 328 - Photos 185 - Format A4 - Hardcover - Norwegian text
Combat mostly over Norway from 1940 to 1945. The best regarding Norway yet.
1991
FLEDGLING EAGLES ***Christopher Shores, John Foreman, Heinrich Weiss, Jacques Ehrengardt, Bjørn Olsen
(ISBN 0-948817-42-9) - Grub Street, London, Britain - (1st) Pages 380 - Photos 1198 - Format 24x16 - Hardcover - English text
Among others combat over Denmark / Norway from April 1940 to July 1940.
1990
LUFTKRIG OVER DANMARK (Bind 5) **Carsten Petersen
(ISBN 87-89155-14-9) - Bollerup Boghandels Forlag, Ringkøbing, Denmark - (1st)
Pages 100 - Photos 69 - Format 22x21 - Softcover - Danish text
Combat over Denmark against heavy Allied bomber forces in 1943.
1990
NI DAGER I APRIL **Knut Mæsel
(ISBN 82-7384-234-7) - Bollerup Boghandels Forlag, Ringkøbing, Denmark - (1st)
Pages 178 - Photos 157 - Format 25x18 - Hardcover - Norwegian text
Air Combat over Norway during the German attack from 9th to 17th April 1940.
1990
FORNEBU 9. APRIL ****Cato Guhnfeldt
(ISBN 82-992194-1-8) - Wings Forlag A/S, Oslo, Norway - (1st)
Pages 368 - Photos 450 - Format A4 - Hardcover - Norwegian text
Attack on and capture of Fornebu Airfield, near Oslo, Norway on 9th April 1940.
1989
LUFTKRIG OVER DANMARK (Bind 4) **Carsten Petersen
(ISBN 87-89155-06-8) - Ex Libris Forlag A/S, Oslo, Norway - (1st)
Pages 100 - Photos 87 - Format 22x21 - Softcover - Danish text
Air Combat over Denmark and use of Luftwaffe fighter units there..
1988
LUFTKRIG OVER DANMARK (Bind 3) ***Carsten Petersen
(ISBN 87-89155-02-5) - Bollerup Boghandels Forlag, Ringkøbing, Denmark - (1st)
Pages 96 - Photos 92 - Format 22x21 - Softcover - Danish text
Air Combat over Denmark 1943-1945, also with use of Grove Airfield.
1987
LUFTKRIG OVER DANMARK (Bind 2) **Carsten Petersen
(ISBN 87-981206-7-0) - Bollerup Boghandels Forlag, Ringkøbing, Denmark - (1st)
Pages 96 - Photos 83 - Format 22x21 - Softcover - Danish text
Luftwaffe Radars and Nightfighters in Denmark during 1941-1945.
1986
KRIGEN SETT FRA LISTA *August Andreassen
(ISBN unknown) - Forlaget Lister, Farsund, Norway - (1st)
Pages 255 - Photos 12 - Format 21x15 - Hardcover - Norwegian text
Diary written by a Norwegian farmer who lived near Lister Airfield, Norway.
1985
LUFTKRIG OVER DANMARK (Bind 1) *Carsten Petersen
(ISBN 87-981206-3-8) - Bollerup Boghandels Forlag, Ringkøbing, Denmark - (1st)
Pages 99 - Photos 98 - Format 22x21 - Softcover - Danish text
Air Combat over Denmark from 1939 to early 1940, including Luftwaffe landings.
1983
THE LUFTWAFFE IN SWEDEN 1939-1945 **Bo Widfeldt
(ISBN 0-914144-28-6) - Monogram Aviation Publications, Boylston, USA - (1st)
Pages 99 - Photos 253 — Profiles 15 - Format 31x24 - Hardcover - English text
Luftwaffe aircrafts who came down in neutral Sweden 1939-1945.
1982
WETTERFLIEGER IN DER ARKTIS 1940-1944 **W. Schwerdtfeger and Franz Selinger
(ISBN 3-87943-854-4) - Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany - (1st)
Pages 239 - Photos 107 - Format 24x15 - Hardcover - German text
History of Wettererkundungsstaffeln 5 and 6 in Norway 1940-1944.
1982
LUFTKRIGEN OVER SØRLANDET **Knut Mæsel
(ISBN unknown) - Fædrelandsvennen A/S, Kristiansand, Norway - (1st)
Pages 224 - Photos 96 - Format 26x18 - Hardcover - Norwegian text
Air combat over South-Norway, mostly Agder area, from 1940-1945.
1981
KAMPFGESCHWADER KG 100 "WIKING" *Ulf Balke
(ISBN 3-87943-854-4) - Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany - (1st)
Pages 479 - Photos 163 - Format 23x15 - Hardcover - German text
History of the units from KG 100 who among others were based in the Nordic area.
1980
LUFTWAFFE SUOMESSA - IN FINLAND 1941-1944 (Vol.2) *Ossi Anttonen
(ISBN 99244-4-2) - Ossi Anttonen (own), Helsinki, Finland - (1st)
Pages 128 - Photos 103 — Profiles 22 - Format 25x17 - Softcover - Finnish/English text
Photo Collection of Luftwaffe aircraft used over Finland 1941-1944.
1979
DAS AUGE DIETLS - FERNAUFKLÄRUNG AM POLARKREIS **Konrad Knabe
(ISBN 3-8061-0860-9) - Druffel Verlag, Starberger See, Germany (1st/1978, reprint)
Pages 237 - Photos 40 - Format 22x14 - Hardcover - German text
Memories of Oblt. Konrad Knabe (RK) in (F)/Lappland in Finland 1941-1943.
1979
HEINKEL SAVNET OVER LESJA *Knut Nilsen
ISBN 82-05-11898-1 Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/s, Oslo, Norway - (1st)
Pages 161 - Photos 29 - Format 23x14 - Hardcover - Norwegian text
Memories around a He 111 crew from II./KG 4 who were shot down 1940 in Norway.
1978
KAMPFFLIEGER ZWISCHEN EISMEER UND SAHARA **P.W. Stahl
(ISBN 3-87943-253-8) - Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany - (1st ?, reprint)
Pages 357 - Photos 68 - Format 23x15 - Hardcover - German text
Memories of Oblt. P.W. Stahl, who was pilot in Kampfgruppe II. and IV./KG 30.
1978
EISMEER PATROUILLE - ALS KRIEGSFLIEGER IN DER ARKTIS *Walter Henkels
(ISBN 3-430-14306-3) - ECON Verlag, Düsseldorf, Germany - (1st)
Pages 189 - Photos 25 - Format 21x14 - Hardcover - German text
Short stories from various Luftwaffe units in the Arctic area during 1941-1944.
1976
LUFTWAFFE SUOMESSA - IN FINLAND 1941-1944 (Part 1) *Ossi Anttonen and Hannu Valtonen
(ISBN 951-99072-4-6) - Ossi Anttonen (own), Helsinki, Finland (1st)
Pages 146 - Photos 254 — Profiles 25 - Format 25x17 - Softcover - Finnish/English text
Photo Collection of Luftwaffe aircraft used in Finland and North-Norway 1941-1944.
1975
JAGDGESCHWADER JG 5 EISMEER **Werner Girbig*
(ISBN 3-87943-3655-8) - Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany - (1st)
Pages 375 - Photos 152 - Format 23x15 - Hardcover - German text
History of Jagdgruppe I./JG 77 and later Jagdgeschwader JG 5 1941-1945.
1970
THE DESTRUCTION OF CONVOY PQ 17 *David Irving
(ISBN unknown) - Corgi Books, London, England - (1st/1968, reprint)
Pages 382 - Photos 29 - Format 18x11 - Pocket - English text
Air combat over the Barents Sea June to July 1942, Allied shipsonvoy PQ 17.
1962
VÅRE FLYGERE I KAMP classicFinn Arnesen
(ISBN unknown) - C.Huitfeldt Bladkompaniet A/S, Oslo, Norway - (1st)
Pages 111 - Photos 83 — Profiles 12 - Format 28x19 - Hardcover - Norwegian text
Norwegian flying units in combat against Luftwaffe in Norway 1940.
1960
WESERÜBUNG classicWalther Hubatsch
(ISBN unknown) - Münsterschmidt Verlag, Göttingen, Germany - (2nd)
Pages 586 - Photos 76 - Format 24x17 - Hardcover - German text
The German attack on Norway and Denmark April 1940 to June 1940.