Aces of the Luftwaffe
Subtitle: the Jagdflieger in the Second World War
By: Peter Jacobs
Publisher: Frontline Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781848326897
Subjects: Campaigns; German Aerial operations; Fighter pilots; World War, 1939-1945; History
Description: "The air battles of the Second World War were fought ferociously and with extraordinaryskill and courage on both sides. The fighter pilots of the Luftwaffe, the Jagdflieger, in fact outscored their Allied counterparts by quite some margin and became the highest-scoring fighter pilots of all time. ... In the end, the vast efforts of the Luftwaffe to maintain the air war on so many fronts proved too much and few Jagdflieger survived the last days of the Reich, but their courage and ability was beyond question ... [Here], Jacobs examines the many campaigns fought by the Luftwaffe from its fledgling days during the Spanish Civil War to its last days defending the Reich, and includes the exploits of Erich Hartmann, the highest-scoring fighter pilot of all time, Hans-Joachim Marseille, the Star of Africa, Werner Mölders, the first recipient of the Diamonds to the Knight's Cross, and Adolf Galland, perhaps the most famous of all..."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200) and index.