Eagle Editions are ready to ship Volume One of Jerry Crandall's epic saga of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190D. The fruit of over 20 years research into the subject, this looks set to become the definitive work on the Dora.

Some of the highlights in Volume One include:

Foreword by Oberstleutnant a.D. Karl-Heinz Ossenkop, a JG 26 D-9 pilot.
Brief story of prototype development.
Study of five known different types of D-9 gun cowls.
The entry of the D-9 into service with III./JG 54.
The pilots' initial impressions, including Dortenmann's first words..."What kind of contraptions are these?!"
First losses and victories.
Excerpts of Hans Dortenmann's diary describing his all-Yellow tail W. Nr. 210003 D-9, the first D-9 in service.
Combat stories of D-9 pilots from III./JG 54, JG 2, IV./JG 3, JG 26, JG 51, and JG 301.
The distinctive system of tactical markings and colors used by JG 301 including the ultra-rare all Orange-Red Ta 152 flown by Fritz Auffhammer.
Situation reports of JG 2 Dora 9 activity during March 1945 attacking the Remagen bridge.
Flugbuch excerpts from Dora 9 pilots.
JG 6 reports their first 30 Dora 9s were equipped with wooden flaps.

The first volume includes approximately 365 black and white photos, plus 40 colour photos - many previously unpublished.

Backing up the photos will be 72 color profiles by Thomas A. Tullis, each accompanied by a detailed discussion of the colours and markings along with additional individual notes.

Accurate and detailed drawings by Koichiro Abe of the D-9, D-9/R5, and D-9 with the Ta 152 tail

Printed in colour on high quality paper, 9" X 12" with 344 pages, Jerry Crandall's Fw 190 Dora book Vol. 1 is available in two editions:

Standard edition: ISBN 0-9761034-5- 1.........$85.00
Deluxe edition: ISBN 0-9761034-6-x...........$175.00

The deluxe leatherbound edition is signed by no less than former JG 301 pilots:
General Roderich Cescotti, the former technical officer of JG 301, Heinz Marguardt, Otto Kleinert, Paul Müngersdorff, Werner Molge, Heinz Radlauer, Karl-Heinz Ossenkop, Gerhard Frish, Fritz Ungar.

Full details on how to order can be found on Eagle Editions' website.

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