{"product_id":"9780760342633","title":"The Me 262 Stormbird: From the Pilots Who Flew, Fought, and Survived It","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Me 262 was the first of its kind, the first jet-powered aircraft. Although conceived before the war, with the initial plans being drawn in April 1939, the Stormbird was beset with technological (particularly the revolutionary engines) and political difficulties, resulting in it not entering combat until August 1944, with claims of nineteen downed Allied aircraft. The performance of the Me 262 so far exceeded that of Allied aircraft that on 1 Sepember 1944, USAAF General Carl Spaatz remarked that if greater numbers of German jets appeared, they could inflict losses heavy enough to force cancellation of the Allied daylight bombing offensive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of how the Stormbird came to be is fascinating history, and it comes to life in the hands noted historian Colin Heaton. Told largely in the words of the German aces who flew it, \u003ci\u003eThe Me 262 Stormbird\u003c\/i\u003e provides the complete history of this remarkable airplane from the drawing boards to combat in the skies over the Third Reich.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor \u003cb\u003eColin D. Heaton\u003c\/b\u003e served in the U.S. Army and later the U.S. Marines as a scout sniper under Livingston's command. He was a guest historian on the History Channel program \u003ci\u003eDogfights: Secret Weapons\u003c\/i\u003e and has authored several books of military history: \u003ci\u003eGerman Anti-Partisan Warfare in Europe 1939–1945\u003c\/i\u003e (Schiffer Publishing 2001); \u003ci\u003e Night Fighters: The Luftwaffe and RAF Air Combat over Europe, 1939–1945\u003c\/i\u003e (Naval Inst. Press, 2008), which he coauthored with Anne-Marie Lewis; and \u003ci\u003eOccupation and Insurgency: A Selective Examination of The Hague and Geneva Conventions on the Eastern Front\u003c\/i\u003e (Algora, 2008). He has taught history and military history at American Military University since 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zenith Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010526167280,"sku":"9780760342633","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780760342633_p0.jpg?v=1763638685","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780760342633","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}