The ME 262 Stormbird
Subtitle: from the pilots who flew, fought, and survived it
By: Colin D. Heaton
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: MBI Pub. Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780760342633
Subjects: Germany. Luftwaffe. Jagdgeschwader 7; Germany; Messerschmitt 262 (Jet fighter plane); World War, 1939-1945; Fighter pilots; History; Biography; Aerial operations
Other titles: Messerchmidt 262 Stormbird
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Too little, too late; title: On the drawing board; title: Test flights; title: In the field; title: Competition and innovation; title: The stormbird takes wing; title: A questionable political decision; title: First encounters; title: Challenges of the jet; title: Night and day; title: Fighting the fighters; title: Fighting the bombers; title: Kommando Mowotny; title: The death of Nowotny; title: Kommando Nowotny carries on; title: Victories in the face of defeat; title: Allied forces fight back; title: The last death throes of JG-7; title: Galland and the squadron of experts; title: The loss of Steinhoff; title: Back in the air; title: Galland's last mission; title: The end of the war and JV-44; title: Operations Lusty and Paperclip : the post-war scramble for jets; title: Appendix 1 : "My last mission / by Joe Petersbur; title: Appendix 2 : German ranks and medals; title: Appendix 3; title: Additional ME 262 data.