John Weal

Jagdgeschwader 51 'Mölders' (eBook, PDF)

Illustrator: Weal, John

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

JG 51 were one of the Luftwaffe's top wartime fighter units, yet their story has never been told in English. The unit's history encapsulates the fortunes of the Luftwaffe's fighter arm as a whole the heady successes of the early months, the steady attrition and the growing strength of the opposition during the mid-war years, and the final chaos and collapse of the last days. But it is perhaps the details of the pilots who served with the unit that sets JG 51 apart. During the course of the war it numbered more Knight's Cross winners among its ranks than any other. And it is their stories - their successes, exploits and eventual fates - which brings this history to life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782005803
• Artikelnr.: 44865636

Autorenporträt

John Weal is Osprey's primary Luftwaffe author and artist. He has written, illustrated and/or supplied artwork for several titles in the Aircraft of the Aces series. He owns one of the largest private collections of original German-language literature from World War 2, and his research is firmly based on this huge archive.

Inhaltsangabe

CHAPTER ONE FORMATION AND PHONEY WAR CHAPTER TWO BATTLES OF FRANCE AND BRITAIN CHAPTER THREE EASTERN FRONT 1941
43 CHAPTER FOUR II. GRUPPE 1942
44 CHAPTER FIVE DEFEAT IN THE EAST 1943
45 CHAPTER SIX POSTSCRIPT
WERNER WHO? APPENDICES COLOUR PLATES COMMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX