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The Luftwaffe's legendary Gigant (Giant) is covered in this large, detailed, and highly illustrated volume. Wherever the Messerschmitt Me 321 appeared at the front during World War II it produced tremendous astonishment. Most soldiers had never seen anything like it. The huge glider with a wingspan of fifty-five meters was towed by three Bf 110s, or a five-engined He 111Z. Such an aircraft could carry up to twenty-two metric tons of freight: fuel, ammunition, trucks, tanks, 100 fully equipped troops and more. Even the Me 323D version, powered by six radial engines, was capable of carrying thirteen metric tons of freight to the front - and was a juicy target for the enemy. In the Mediterranean theater, they were pitilessly chased from the air and bombed and strafed on the ground. Only one Transportgeschwader was equipped with the Me 323. Everything about the type was strictly secret - even the Gruppen equipped with the type knew little about each other.

A biography of Hanna Reitsch, associate of Hitler and flying heroine of Nazi Germany. Equally fanatical pilot and patriot, she flew such revolutionary aircraft as the Gigant, the Me 163 and the manned version of the V1. As the second war ended she was the last to fly in and out of Berlin and was in the bunker until only a few hours before Hitler's death. Suspecting her of having flown Hitler to safety, the American authorities imprisoned her. Although she could not escape the post-war stigma of having associated with the Nazis, she became a close friend of Nehru and Mrs Gandhi and was received at the White House by President Kennedy. In the 1960s she set up a gliding school in Ghana at the personal invitation of President Nkrumah. She continued to make and break gliding records until just before her death in 1979 at the age of 67, but despite her accomplishments in the air, the German press continued to attack her politically. Drawing on interviews with people who knew the pilot at all stages of her life, including her American interrogator and her wartime colleagues, the author examines why Hanna Reitsch remained for many a symbol of Nazi Germany. Judy Lomax has also written "Women of the Air" and "Walking in the Clouds - Impressions of Nepal".

The Luftwaffe's legendary Gigant (Giant) is covered in this large, detailed, and highly illustrated volume. Wherever the Messerschmitt Me 321 appeared at the front during World War II it produced tremendous astonishment. Most soldiers had never seen anything like it. The huge glider with a wingspan of fifty-five meters was towed by three Bf 110s, or a five-engined He 111Z. Such an aircraft could carry up to twenty-two metric tons of freight: fuel, ammunition, trucks, tanks, 100 fully equipped troops and more. Even the Me 323D version, powered by six radial engines, was capable of carrying thirteen metric tons of freight to the front - and was a juicy target for the enemy. In the Mediterranean theater, they were pitilessly chased from the air and bombed and strafed on the ground. Only one Transportgeschwader was equipped with the Me 323. Everything about the type was strictly secret - even the Gruppen equipped with the type knew little about each other.

A biography of Hanna Reitsch, associate of Hitler and flying heroine of Nazi Germany. Equally fanatical pilot and patriot, she flew such revolutionary aircraft as the Gigant, the Me 163 and the manned version of the V1. As the second war ended she was the last to fly in and out of Berlin and was in the bunker until only a few hours before Hitler's death. Suspecting her of having flown Hitler to safety, the American authorities imprisoned her. Although she could not escape the post-war stigma of having associated with the Nazis, she became a close friend of Nehru and Mrs Gandhi and was received at the White House by President Kennedy. In the 1960s she set up a gliding school in Ghana at the personal invitation of President Nkrumah. She continued to make and break gliding records until just before her death in 1979 at the age of 67, but despite her accomplishments in the air, the German press continued to attack her politically. Drawing on interviews with people who knew the pilot at all stages of her life, including her American interrogator and her wartime colleagues, the author examines why Hanna Reitsch remained for many a symbol of Nazi Germany. Judy Lomax has also written "Women of the Air" and "Walking in the Clouds - Impressions of Nepal".