Monday, November 09, 2009 - 09:21 PM UTC
Eagle Editions have announced the release of the hotly anticipated Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Dora Vol. Two.
Follow-up to the superb Vol.One, reviewed HERE, Jerry Crandall's latest book covers the D-9, D-11 and D-13.

Just some of the highlights to look forward to in the 400 pages of Vol. Two include:

1. Foreword by Doug Champlin, previous owner of Fw 190 D-13 “Yellow 10”

2. More photos of Fw 190 Doras from miscellaneous and unknown units, many previously unpublished.

3. 54 profiles and 17 top/bottom views plus many scrap pieces of artwork by Thomas A. Tullis

4. A large section telling the story of JV 44 and the Doras of the Galland Circus with corrections and updates including new previously unpublished photos

5. Very rare photos, profile and story featuring Adolf Galland’s JV 44 Me 262

6. New information, unpublished photos on the Fw 190 D-11

7. Detailed story of the rare Fw 190 D-13 and “Yellow 10” with new unpublished photos plus full color restoration photos

8. Newly discovered Dora 13 photo and profile

9. Section on WGr 21 cm and R4M rockets including interview with a JGr. 10 pilot with stories and profiles

10. Large section devoted to color and markings including 32 color photos of excellent recovered aircraft part samples with camouflage paint

11. 19 pages of patterns and colors used by the factories that produced the Fw 190 Doras with the appropriate national markings

12. Recognition bands, tactical and I.D. bands in full color

13. Actual patent papers filed by Warnecke and Böhm to register their break-through one-coat paint formula of polymer resin paint for better adhesion to aluminum and magnesium

14. Original existing paint formulas developed by Luftwaffe’s premier paint company Warnecke and Böhm of RLM colors

15. Camouflage notes by Michael Ullmann

16. Many technical features of main parts such as landing gear variation, propellers, including numerous color illustrations and scrap views plus many color parts manual images, reports and documents.

17. Reports of units operating the D-9 in service describing technical problems

18. A compilation featuring the study of recovered D-9s listing colors, units, pilots and technical details.

19. Total of 377 photos including 76 color images of Doras!

20. Complete listing of known Werknummern for Dora aircraft

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Dora Vol. Two is on sale now: Price $95.00 (along with a signed leather-bound de-luxe edition priced at $185.00).

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Also due in the near future are three new EagleCals sets featuring aircraft from the book.

EagleCals #124, #125 and #126 will be available in three scales:

1:72 - $12.50
1:48 - $16.00
1:32 - $18.50

A similarly priced sheet of Me 262 decals - EagleCals #127 - will also be released soon.

Please remember, when contacting retailers or manufacturers, to mention that you saw their products highlighted here - on AEROSCALE.
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