Luftwaffe Aces - German Combat Pilots of Ww11

Informationen zum Autor Franz Kurowski served as a reporter in the German Army during World War II and has since written over one hundred books. He lives in Germany. Klappentext World War II air war companion to Panzer Aces and Panzer Aces II In-the-cockpit accounts of aerial dogfights by some of Germany's deadliest pilots ever to take to the skies This exciting book tells the combat biographies of seven Luftwaffe aces: three day-fighter pilots, one night-fighter pilot, one close-support pilot, and two bomber pilots. This mix of well-known and less famous pilots includes Heinz Bar, who had 221 victories and was an ME 262 ace; Otto Kittel, the fourth-highest Luftwaffe ace with 267 kills; Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, a leading night-fighter ace with 121 kills; Wilhelm Batz, whose two-year combat career ended with 237 kills in the elite JG 52; Otto Weiss, a close-support pilot in the Hs 123 and Hs 129; Joachim Helbig, who flew the Ju 88 bomber over Malta; and Ludwig Havighorst, who served first with the infantry and then the Luftwaffe, where he flew fifty bombing missions over Stalingrad. Zusammenfassung Whether providing support for the blitzkrieg in Poland and France, bombing British cities and industrial centers, or attacking Allied fighters and bombers in the light of day and dark of night, the Luftwaffe revolutionized aerial warfare and experienced some of World War II’s most harrowing combat.

Product details

• Authors: Franz Kurowski
• Assisted by: David Johnston (Translation)
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2004
• EAN: 9780811731775
• ISBN: 978-0-8117-3177-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Stackpole Military History Series; Stackpole Military History Series; Stackpole Military History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration