{"product_id":"messerschmitt-me-328-development-dan-sharp-9781911704201","title":"Messerschmitt Me 328 Development \u0026 Politics","description":"There was huge excitement when Argus engineer G?ther 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Politics is based on extensive archival research of contemporary German documents and includes numerous previously unpublished period drawings as well as 50 new full colour profile artworks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Sharp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911704206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911704201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperTempest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Dan Sharp","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45482725146879,"sku":"9781911704201","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a71e7b5-5f1d-49f7-9a03-2582d5e7ce06.jpg?v=1715999353","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/messerschmitt-me-328-development-dan-sharp-9781911704201","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}