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Without knowing the reference on what records they were talking about, I do know a bit about the Abwehr records held in the US. I seem to have come across some of the from time to time at NARA but many of them were held by the CIA after the war and eventually were declassified and turned over the NA...

Richard- Thanks for the tips, I am old enough and young enough not to be phased by rejection, but I just didnt want to have to send proposals to a dozen publishers. Seems the hardest part of the process is telling a publisher who the book will appeal to and who will buy it, especially when you see s...

Yes, working title is Stabia -German aerial intelligence on the eastern front . There are a great deal of books on the Luftwaffe, even down to unit levels of the recon units, but very little to nothing on how the Germans conducted aerial photographic intelligence, operated the organization, used the...

I finally am about done with my research and have begun putting the meat of my book together. The hard part seems to be which publishers I should push my book to. How does one decide? Pick 3 and send it to them? What are the major issues a first time author faces with publishers? I am under no illus...

Although I initiated the project with the intent to scan in the maps and continue to post them via Jason on his site, the project his slowed considerablly and has become a bit more work than have time for. This said I have asked Jason reomve the maps as of June 1st. I am not planning on setting up a...

Martin- Wonderful, this is exactly what I was looking for. I am researching the 299th ID, and only knew that the 281st directly supported and was positioned behind the division on 22 June 1944 when Bagration kicked off. May I ask the source for the information so I can properly cite it in the future...

Does anyone have OB or other data on the 281st Assault Gun Bde during May-July 1944?

NARA "makes" a fair amount from the microfilms/DVD. With the looming budget cuts coming and already in effect in my federal agency, NARA surely will be taking a major cut. I assume this hike -and I am guessing cost for other services- was desinged to help fill the gaps. Still... double?

Gaius- I am sorry I didnt reply before... no excuse sir! Yes, as the maps are US public domain, without any copyright, you can use them in any manner you wish. as for how to cite the records, go to www.nara.gov and in the search area look up how to cite NARA records. Pretty simple. If you cant find ...

Yup, thats Larry. I would trust his word.

I spoke to a former forum member, well known in the Luftwaffe areas but decided to leave this and the AHF site for various reasons, anyway he said the vR collection wasnt very worthwhile. I however found several nuggets when reviewing the rolls at NARA. Its not my money, but I say give it a try.

If you mean the unit records, yes you can order them on DVD. I guess you would need to dig into the unit records for Corps level units to see if they mention maps. I have a ton of requests to scan in other maps, but seems like few folks actually order them (like the Normandy set!).

Yes, there is a special set for Army Group Courland, but I have not scanned them in yet.

Yes same sort I have been working on (they exist for this period and area), but there will likely be black and white maps in some of the unit records at NARA.

Kristian- This is wonderful in the regards of historical content, and personally very exciting for me :!: . There is little data on air units assigned to conduct air recon/support during partisan warfare, and in the book I am writing on German aerial photo reconniassance I am devoting a section to t...