LUFTWAFFE SECRET PROJECTS STRATEGIC BOMBERS 1935-1945LUFT WAFFE SECRET PROJECTS STRATEGIC BOMBERS 1935-1945 on Midland PublishingLutwaffe Secret Projects — Strategie Bombers 1935-1945 ‘© Dieter Henig and Heinz Rode 1988, 2000 First published 1998 in Germany by Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart Translation from original German text. by Elke and John Weal Design concept and editorial layout © Midland Publishing and. ‘Stephen Thompson Associates, English language edltion published 2000 by Midland Publishing {an imprint of lan Allan Publishing Lad) 24 The Hollow, Ea Shilton Leleester, LE9 7NA, England Tel: 01455 847815 Fay: 01455 841805 ISBN 185780 002.3 Worldwide distribution (except North America: Midland Counties Publications Unit 3 Maizefield, Hinckley Felds Hinckley, Leics. LE10 1YF, England Tel: 01455 288747 Fax: 01455 285737 E-mail: midlanabooks«@compuserve.com North America trade distribution by: ‘Specialty ress Publishers & Wholesalers Inc. 11605 Kost Dam Road, North Branch, MN 55056, USA “el: 651 583 3239 Fax: 651 589 2023, oll ree telephone: 800 895 4585, All rights reserved, No par ofthis publication _may be reproduced, stored ina retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, ‘electronic, mechanical or photo-copied, recorded fr othensise, without the written permission of the copyright owners. Printed by lan Allan Printing Limited Riverdene Business Park, Molesey Road Hersham, Surrey, KT12 ARG, England ‘Mlustation on tile page, opsite: ‘The Arado E 5551 fying wing was designed for combat radius ofneary3,00 miles. Had the Second World Warconlinued nearer 1950, then thisscene, reproduced fromapaintingby Keith ‘Woodeockcasaounasan depicting wo exam- ples being pursued by P-80Shooting Star over Manhattan, mightjusthave become really.