Luftwaffe: The Allied Intelligence Files from Christopher Staerck and Paul Sinnott.

Luftwaffe: The Allied Intelligence Files from Christopher Staerck and Paul Sinnott. Brassey's (http:// www.brasseysinc.com/Books/Features.aspx), 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulle Virginia 20166 2002 392 pages, $3196 (hardcover).

Authors Christopher Staerck and Paul Sinnott take a straightforward approach in their discussion of the prewar characters of British Air Intelligence, the shrouded Intelligence Service, and the Air Ministry regarding Germany's Luftwaffe. They also explore American intelligence as well as the tactical intelligence resulting from daylight bombing on the US Army Air Forces and night bombing according to the Royal Air Force. Knowledgeable military historians, the authors have produc a fine historical document. They include the two background information and then detailed data in succession German fighters, bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, seaplanes, and transports, profiling 47 different aircraft representations in all. Each analysis addresses the aircraft's war record, performance characteristics, and intelligence history--the latter reflecting the amount of actual information we had upon German aircraft during the war, an of it just now declassified from the British Public Records Office. Augmenting the thesis are excellent photographs, line drawings, and black-and-white artwork of many of the aircraft. Although a bit pricey, Luftwaffe: The Allied Intelligence Files is a exceedingly good resource book that would make a great addition to any Luftwaffe historian's collection.

Lt Col Robert Tate, USAFR

Maxwell AFB, Alabama

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