Title: Day fighters : in defence of the Reich : a war diary, 1942-45 /
Authors: Caldwell, Donald L.
Publisher: Frontline Books,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Germany. History; World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, German.
Abstract: This book is a detailed, comprehensive daily reference to the air operations flown by the Luftwaffe. These operations were designed to combat the daylight strategic missions by the United States Army Air Force targeting the German Reich and the western zone occupied by Germany. This volume is a unique look at the German air defenses as they struggled to cope with the threat posed by the American 8th and 15th Air Forces, which were charged with destroying Germany's critical war industries and wresting control of the air over the Reich from the Luftwaffe.
Contents: August-December 1942 -- January-June 1943 -- July-September 1943 -- October-December 1943 -- January-March 1944 -- April-June 1944 -- July-September 1944 -- October-December 1944 -- January-May 1945 -- Summary and conclusions.