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Messerschmitt Me 210 / Me 410 Hornisse (Hornet) (Hardcover)

by Werner Stocker (Author), Peter Petrick (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Midland Publishing; illustrated edition edition (26 April 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857802713
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857802719
  • Product Dimensions: 30.4 x 23 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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This book provides a detailed guide to the various internal and external characteristics which distinguished each version of the Messerschmitte Me 210 and Me 410 heavy fighters. It will enable readers to see the difference between the multitude of sub-types and identify the various modifications and weapon systems and conversion packs that were used. The reason or need for particular modifications are also outlined. The book based on years of research, will prove of immense interest to aviation enthusiasts, modellers and historians fascinated by the activities and aircraft of the Luftwaffe between 1933 and 1945.

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4.0 out of 5 stars `One hand on the stick, the other on the ripcord' - pilots appreciation of flying the Me 210, 19 April 2008
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The Me 210, and its development, the Me 410, have been little written about. Dismissed as costly failures that had little influence on the air war the type is now mostly known for having been as dangerous to its crews as to the enemy in its first incarnation, and carrying a heavy 50mm cannon in its second. This handsome volume goes some way towards rescuing the type from obscurity.

The book is neatly split into five chapters. Chapter one is a well-illustrated 44 page history of the type from its inception to the end of the war. It looks at how the aircraft evolved from a multi-role replacement for the Bf 110 through a seemingly endless series of troubles into a heavy fighter combating American bombers over Germany. The chapter describes the struggle among the Luftwaffe's planners to rescue the design from its initial disastrous introduction, to find a suitable role for the aircraft, and where to place it among constantly changing production priorities, all of which makes interesting reading. The text emphasises the development history of the aircraft rather than its operational use, and tends to concentrate on the use of the aircraft as a heavy fighter rather than in its bomber or reconaissance roles. Initial operations by the Me 210 over England and Tunisia are barely mentioned and there is very little on the use of the Me 410 in the `baby blitz' of 1944. Small sections deal with the Hungarian experience of operating the Me 210, and biographies of some Me 210 and 410 aircrew which range from a few sentences to a whole page. There is a larger section on the famous 50mm BK 5 cannon.

The second chapter is 36 page list of all the Me 210 and 410s produced by Werknummer (serial number), with notes on each individual aircraft's fate if known. This is an impressive piece of research but no effort has been made to use the information in it - why not present tables showing production split by sub-type, or by month, etc? (This chapter also holds the only references in the entire book to the two surviving aircraft, one preserved at the Smithsonian in America, W.Nr 018, and one on display at RAF Cosford in England, W.Nr 420430).

The third chapter is a 54 page photo gallery containing many fine pictures of the aircraft under construction, in use, or focusing on its components. The occasional colour photograph supplement the black and white pictures, most of which are very good, a few grainy, but all reproduced very well and informatively captioned.

Chapter four covers the design evolution of the type in 22 pages, though is mostly manufacturer's drawings and photographs with little text, and the final chapter looks at proposed developments of the Me 410 in 13 pages. Again this is mostly by reproductions of original drawings with little explanation.

The physical production of the book is superb. There are colour profiles of some of the aircraft illustrated in black and white photographs, which are themselves numerous and informative. A nice touch is the reproduction of the hornet emblem in colour on each page's heading.

Overall this is an impressive volume, if not quite definitive. Its strengths are many - the text is informative, the illustrations excellent, and there is much fascinating detail - and I would recommend it to anyone interested in the aircraft, but there are a few omissions and missed opportunities which could have made it more impressive still.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent quality photographs, artwork, decent information content, good value for the money, 24 Feb 2009
I was surprised by this book, very informative, excellent printing quality, excellent photographs and illustrations. Its only shortcoming is a not so detailed operational history of the type, in fact, it covers the 210 and 410 operational history in a relatively superficial way. This would probably mean adding 2 or 3 more chapters to the book however, for operations of the type in the different theaters of war, but even if this would result in a higher price tag, it would make this the reference book for the Me210/410.
As it is however, it's still well worth buying, an excellent value for the money, and mandatory for any aviation enthusiast, altough it'll probably be of more relevance to the model builder, than to the historian.
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