Description
Der Flieger
Heft 3 · 20. Jahrgang · März 1941
Verlag Walter Zuerl, München 15, Pettenkoferstraße 7
36 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.
Subtitled „Älteste deutsche Luftfahrt-Monatsschrift“ (“Oldest German aviation monthly”); cover price 50 Pfennig.
Cover Page
Subject: Close portrait of a young fighter pilot in flying helmet and goggles pushed up on his forehead, gazing upward.
Major Headlines & Content
Zeichner erleben den Luftkrieg (Artists experience the air war) — Two-page spread of war-artist drawings depicting German bombers and Messerschmitt escorts over London and the shooting down of a British „Defiant“ and a „Hurricane“. Credits: PK. Möller, PK.-Adolph, PK-Dudda, PK-Zeichnung Ellgaard.
Fernkampf-Flieger über dem Atlantik (Long-range airmen over the Atlantic) — Feature on German long-range Fw 200 „Condor“ crews hunting Allied shipping far out over the Atlantic, describing navigation and endurance challenges. Author: Kriegsberichterstatter Ludwig von Danwitz (PK). Photo credit: PK-Foto Brandt.
Fliegende Elefanten (Flying elephants) — Illustrated history and technical explanation of barrage balloons (Sperrballone) as anti-aircraft defence, including British balloon-apron schemes over London.
Deutsche Flieger kämpfen im Mittelmeer (German airmen fight in the Mediterranean) — Reports the deployment of German Luftwaffe units to Italy to fight alongside the Italian air force in the Mediterranean, quoting a Tagesbefehl issued by Italian Air Force Chief of Staff Generalstabschef Pricolo. Photo credits: PK-Foto v. Kayser, Foto Luce.
Zwei Flieger-Offiziere als 8. u. 9. Eichenlaubträger (Two air officers become the 8th and 9th Oak Leaves recipients) — Profiles of Oberstleutnant Martin Harlinghausen, Chief of Staff of a Fliegerkorps and successful anti-shipping pilot, and Hauptmann Walter Oesau, a Jagdgeschwader Gruppenkommandeur with 40 aerial victories, both newly awarded the Eichenlaub to the Ritterkreuz.
Meindl „Wn 16“ der WNF (Meindl “Wn 16” by WNF) — Technical presentation of an Austrian tricycle-undercarriage study aircraft designed by Meindl at the Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke, with full technical data table.
Kennen Sie diese Flugzeuge? (Do you know these aircraft?) — Recognition feature on Italian aircraft: the Reggiane Re 2001 fighter, the Cant Z.511 transoceanic flying boat, and the Fiat RS 14 seaplane bomber.
Das Zubehör – Dichtungen im Flugzeug- und Flugmotorenbau (Schluß) (Accessories – seals in aircraft and aero-engine construction (conclusion)) — Concluding instalment on hydraulic seal types – Nutring, Hut and Topf manschetten – used in aircraft undercarriage and control systems. Author: Hans Diegmann.
Verstell-Propeller (8. Fortsetzung) (Variable-pitch propellers (8th instalment)) — Continuing technical series on variable-pitch propeller development, this instalment covering Italian manufacturers Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Piaggio. Diagrams credited to Shell-Luftfahrtnachrichten.
Die Sturzflug-Bremse (The dive brake) — Technical article explaining dive brakes fitted to Stuka dive-bombers such as the Ju 87, with diagrams comparing dive profiles and bombing accuracy with and without the brake.
Parole: Leistungssteigerung (Watchword: increased output) — Industrial-efficiency article on welding versus riveting and other production-saving methods in aircraft manufacture, citing Dr. Dornier and Reichsmarschall Göring. Author: Ludwig Engelhard.
Luftverkehr im Kriege (Air traffic in wartime) — Reviews Deutsche Lufthansa’s 1940 wartime performance statistics (flight kilometres, passengers, freight, mail) and the wartime expansion and history of its route network since 1926.
Flugschau (News Roundup)
Personen — Short notices on promotions, appointments and deaths among aviation figures in Germany, Denmark, England and Italy.
Segelflug — Table of official gliding records by category as of 31 January 1940, plus notes on gliding developments in Argentina, Germany, Finland, Japan and Spain.
Luftwaffe — Brief international items on air forces and aviation developments in Argentina, Brazil, China, England, Canada, Romania and the Soviet Union.
Aus der deutschen Luftfahrt-Industrie (Industry Notes)
Short items on a comparison of German and American aircraft materials, Dornier’s „Do 26“, Erich & Grätz’s 75th anniversary, Junkers’ new Aeroposta Argentina flying-boat line, Messerschmitt designer Alexander Lippisch joining the firm, and a new Wiener Neustädter Flugzeuge design.
Luftfahrt und Buch — Short reviews of aviation books and reference works, including an RfB flight-technical manual, a book on aircraft sheet-metal locksmithing, and the Orlovius/Schulz „Jahrbuch der Deutschen Luftfahrt 1940“ with its chronicle of the air war through the French armistice.
Chronik des Luftkrieges (Air War Chronicle)
Extended run of day-by-day OKW and IWB communiqués covering 27 August through 15 September 1940: German raids on British ports, airfields, shipping and industrial targets across England, Scotland, North Africa, East Africa and the Mediterranean, alongside British night raids on Berlin and German cities, with running claimed loss tallies for both sides.
Other Content
Advertisements — Arado Flugzeugwerke, Ruhrstahl A.G. Witten, Blohm & Voss, Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke, Askania-Werke, Schmidt & Clemens (Märker Stahl), Wintrich Feuerlöscher, Alfol-Dyckerhoff, Techno-Chemie, Dr. Gaspary & Co., Karl Schmidt G.m.b.H. (Kolben), Luckenwalder Nietenfabrik, Diring Dichtungsring-Gesellschaft, Presswerk Willy Sure, Hackerbräu „Nähra“, Steinhäuser & Kopp, Münchener Klischee-Anstalt, Gemo, Hessische Gummiwaren-Fabrik Peter, and a Messerschmitt „Jäger Zerstörer“ back-cover advertisement.