{"product_id":"messerschmitt-me-328-development-politics-9781911704201","title":"Messerschmitt Me 328 Development \u0026 Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBased on extensive archival research of contemporary German documents and includes numerous previously unpublished period drawings as well as 50 new full color profile artworks.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was huge excitement when Argus engineer G?nther Diedrich succeeded in building a pulsejet powerful enough to propel a car up to 100km\/h in 1941 - it was simple, cheap and lightweight, and before long Germany's premier fighter manufacturer Messerschmitt had come up with a simple, cheap and lightweight airframe on which to mount it - the Me 328.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new aircraft was first pitched as an interceptor, then as a parasite bomber for attacks on America, then as an airborne version of the infamous Soviet Katyusha rocket launcher, to fire heavyweight rocket-bombs at Allied shipping. Prototypes were built and flown both as gliders and under pulsejet power, and when Nazi fanatics needed an aircraft suitable for suicide attacks against high-value Allied targets, their first choice was the Me 328. Yet the type never fulfilled the grandiose ambitions of those who designed, built and supported it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDan Sharp unravels a development history that was anything but straightforward to find out exactly what happened to the Luftwaffe's most enigmatic 'secret project' aircraft. Messerschmitt Me 328 Development \u0026amp; Politics is based on extensive archival research of contemporary German documents and includes numerous previously unpublished period drawings as well as 50 new full colour profile artworks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperTempest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911704201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.73h x 8.35w x 0.63d","brand":"Dan Sharp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44700374794421,"sku":"9781911704201","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1bacb4dd-2628-47c2-95c4-01eb7432a1ff.jpg?v=1728396885","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/messerschmitt-me-328-development-politics-9781911704201","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}