The book “Gotha Go 242/244” from Kagero publishing delivers a wealth of information within its 57 pages. It provides a free poster displaying two Gotha gliders flying over a winter landscape during the transport of supplies to besieged German forces in Crimea in 1943/1944. The poster fits inside the book and shows the book’s cover image. The quality of the poster and the color profiles are great.

There are five chapters in the book:

• Gothaer Flying Wagons: The Story of Gotha Assault Gliders
• Go 242 – The Cargo Glider
• Go 244 – The Transport Glider
• The Successor
• War Prizes

I was nicely surprised by the number of photographs in the book. I happen to have a model of Gotha 242 from IBG Models in 1/72 scale and this publication will be a great companion during assembly and detail presentation. There are several pictures of the cockpit, archival pictures of real aircraft, as well as close-up pictures of the aircraft’s undercarriage and their inside. Ta the end of the book, there are 5 pages from German manual or reference showing structural view, linkage diagrams, and weight specifications, but it is all in German so the reader will have to rely on the German language skills. I found this publication very interesting because of the pictures of these Gotha aircraft in action and brief descriptions of their history. Since I had some experience flying civilian gliders myself during my youth, it was fascinating to see these fairly heavy gliders in a combat environment. I highly recommend this book to aircraft enthusiasts and model builders.

My sincere thanks go to KAGERO publishing for providing this book to review and IPMS USA for allowing me to review it