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German archives invenio.bundesarchiv.de
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Akon Hi!
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BTW I highly recommand to download the document ZA 3/833
Marquardt, General Engineer (ret.) : "The Planning and Development of Bombs for the German Air Force (1925-1945)"
in German, 458 pages, 25 photos, 62 sketches.
and the subsequent ZA 3/834
"Supplementary documents" in German, 458 pages (also includes some sketches)
Be warned the first document is huge (zipped - 1.6GB) but itt's really worth it!
The document was written by Generalingenieur Ernst Marquardt the person behind the development of German Air-Ground armament since the early 1920s
He was successively:
Managing Director and Test-Director for Combat Material Equipment and Bombs with the Firm Luftverkehr Junkers, Dessau (01 Oct 1924-14 Jun 1926)
Administrator for Combat Material Equipment and Bombs with the Inspection for Weapons and Equipment/RWM/6 F II c (15 Jun 1926-31 Mar 1927)
Advisor for Launch Armaments and Ejection-Mechanisms in the Army-Weapon-Office/Pr. W 9 II b (01 Apr 1927-31 Mar 1933)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Development-Advisor for Launch Armaments and Ejection Mechanisms in the RLM/II 5 b (01 Apr 1933-31 Mar 1937)
Group-Director for Launched Weapons and Munitions, Combat Material Devices and Bombs/RLM/LC 12 (01 Apr 1937-31 Jan 1939)
Department-Chief LC 7/RLM (01 Feb 1939-00 May 1945) (Part of the Technical Office of the Reich Air Ministry, LC 7 Department was primarily responsible for aircraft armament, munitions production, and specialized aerial weaponry)
Registering ay yjhis site is easy and smoothm as is the thereafter login process.
BTW I highly recommand to download the document ZA 3/833
Marquardt, General Engineer (ret.) : "The Planning and Development of Bombs for the German Air Force (1925-1945)"
in German, 458 pages, 25 photos, 62 sketches.
and the subsequent ZA 3/834
"Supplementary documents" in German, 458 pages (also includes some sketches)
Be warned the first document is huge (zipped - 1.6GB) but itt's really worth it!
The document was written by Generalingenieur Ernst Marquardt the person behind the development of German Air-Ground armament since the early 1920s
He was successively:
Managing Director and Test-Director for Combat Material Equipment and Bombs with the Firm Luftverkehr Junkers, Dessau (01 Oct 1924-14 Jun 1926)
Administrator for Combat Material Equipment and Bombs with the Inspection for Weapons and Equipment/RWM/6 F II c (15 Jun 1926-31 Mar 1927)
Advisor for Launch Armaments and Ejection-Mechanisms in the Army-Weapon-Office/Pr. W 9 II b (01 Apr 1927-31 Mar 1933)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Development-Advisor for Launch Armaments and Ejection Mechanisms in the RLM/II 5 b (01 Apr 1933-31 Mar 1937)
Group-Director for Launched Weapons and Munitions, Combat Material Devices and Bombs/RLM/LC 12 (01 Apr 1937-31 Jan 1939)
Department-Chief LC 7/RLM (01 Feb 1939-00 May 1945) (Part of the Technical Office of the Reich Air Ministry, LC 7 Department was primarily responsible for aircraft armament, munitions production, and specialized aerial weaponry)
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in many documents (even the back of translucent tracing paper is scanned.). I don't understand the relevance of this.