Luftwaffe Fighter Force: The View from the Cockpit - Couverture souple

Galland, Adolf; Hitschhold, Hubertus

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848329857 ISBN 13 : 9781848329850

Editeur : Frontline Books, 2016

Synopsis

This selection of accounts - written the men who did the flying and the fighting - lifts the lid on how the Luftwaffe operated and carried out its missions. Collected by the US Army during briefings shortly after the end of the end of the war, these reports reveal the views of major figures within the German fighter force on everything from their aircraft, operations and tactics, to training, technology, aircrews and reasons for the ultimate failure of the Luftwaffe. Many of the reports are by the 103-victory ace Adolf Galland, the author of the classic memoir The First and the Last. He discusses, among other things, escort tactics, fighter tactics, bomber tactics and Luftwaffe opinions of Allied aircraft performance. The chief of the ground force attack force, 'Hitsch' Hitschhold, shows how his Fw-190s and Stukas accomplished high-risk operations; Heinz Bar, a 240-victory ace, describes how he led fighter missions; and Walter Dahl, ace anti-bomber specialist, explains his tactics against boxes of B-17s. Brimming with fascinating insights, this is an invaluable source for anyone interested in aviation during the Second World War.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

DAVID C. ISBY is a military historian of renown. He has edited Fighting the Invasion, Fighting in Normandy, Fighting the Bombers and Fighting the Breakout.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Frontline Books
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848329857
• ISBN 13: 9781848329850
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible