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This is the complete, indexed, hardbound compilation of Nazi Deutsche Luftwacht LUFTWISSEN (German Aviation Review Air Knowledge) monthly magazines for the year 1942. It was the middle of World War II and the Luftwaffe was active in North Africa and the East Front after 1940 victories in the west, and Hermann Göring was in charge of all things connected with aviation in Nazi Germany.

Deutsche Luftwacht Luftwissen magazine was published in association with the Lilienthal Association for Aviation Research in Berlin and published by W.S. Mittler & Sohn in Berlin. This is the sister-publication of the magazine Deutsche Luftwacht LUFTWEHR.

The twelve Deutsche Luftwacht LUFTWISSEN issues in this 8-1/2 x 11-1/2 inch, 375+ page hardcover book cover the latest war news that involved the Luftwaffe as well as articles on developmental problems of aerial photography, the history of Mercedes-Benz airplane engines, the British Spitfire, the death of Professor Dr.-Ing. Fritz Todt, Hermann Göring's Tagesbefehl for the 1942 Day of the Luftwaffe, aviation in the Far East, British and American war planes, Hitler promotes General der Flieger Jeschonnek to Generaloberst, Hitler's 53rd birthday and the 50th birthday of Generalfeldmarschall Milch, testing new airplane engines, mobile research facilities, exams for future aviation engineers, new Luftwaffe airplanes, the Blohm & Voss BV 131, aviation pioneer Ernst Heinkel, problems of seaplanes, airmail service to the East Front, American, Soviet, Italian and British military transport planes, the death of General der Flieger von der Lieth-Thomsen and his state funeral in Berlin, radio equipment of enemy air forces, airplane roundtrip Rome-Tokyo-Rome, Japanese air supremacy in the Pacific, the efficiency of the Luftwaffe, Stukas on the East Front, the (airplane crash) death of aviation pioneer and pilot Freiherr Generalmajor von Gablenz and Ministerialdirektor Prof. Dr. Carl Krümmel, the dangers of alternating current aboard airplanes, the Ju 88, the steel skeleton of Bristol-Blenheim IV wings, airplane navigation systems, the 50th birthday of Professor Dr.-Ing. Ernst Sagebiel (architect of the Nazi Aviation Ministry and Tempelhof Airport in Berlin), the Luftwaffe in action over Holland, Malta and the Crimea, air-cooled BMW 801 engines, characteristics of new pistons in foreign airplanes, Luftwaffe maintenance crews at the front, management changes at BMW, the fifth anniversary of the Me 109, Flugzeugmaschinengewehr MG 131, Hitler awards the Iron Cross 1st Class to Captain Hanna Reitsch, aviation after WW2, General der Flakartillerie Rüdel promoted to Generaloberst, and much more.

These issues of Deutsche Luftwacht LUFTWISSEN also contain tidbits of German and international aviation news, tables with research results, illustrations, research notes and photos, as well as aviation book reviews (for example for Fliegerhorst Ostmark and Mölders und seine Männer) and job opportunities in the aviation industry for skilled workers.

These magazines contain superb photo content including photos of Nazi Aviation Minster Hermann Göring, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in North Africa, Luftwaffe airplanes covered in snow on the East Front, Me 109 under camouflage netting in the Mediterranean war zone, flooded airfields on the East front due to melting snow, Nazi flak guns in North Africa, airplane bombs, Ju 52 under construction, Dornier-Flugboot Do 24, the Ju 88, Pratt & Whitney pistons, airplane wrecks, etc., etc. - too many to mention.

Of course each issue also had aviation related advertising from companies like Mercedes-Benz Flugmotoren, IG Farben, Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke, Telefunken, Zeiss-Ikon, AEG, Arado, Dornier-Werke, Mauser aircraft weapons, Henschel, Fieseler Storch, FAMO, Argus, AKF, Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Siemens, Askania-Werke, Rohm & Hass Plexiglas, Bosch, and manufacturers of fire extinguishers, parachutes and so on.

The spine and cover of this 8-1/2 x 11-1/2 inch hardcover book are in nice used condition and the contents is complete and in very nice condition, no odor. Fully indexed. A few notes in red ink (on about 10 pages). Irreplaceable historical World War II aviation material and priceless photographic content!