German Jet Aces of World War II

Informationen zum Autor Hugh Morgan is the Director of an autistic charity based in the Midlands. He has long been fascinated by the aviation world, and has written several very successful titles for Osprey. Klappentext The Third Reich's last ditch efforts to sweep the massed Allied bomber formations from the skies of Germany centred around the new crop of jet 'wonder weapons' that were issued to the Jagdwaffe from mid-1944 onwards. Far in advance of anything the Allies had even in the experimental phase, types like the Me 262, He 162, Me 163 and the Ar 234 could perform their combat sorties with relative impunity. However, paucity in numbers and unreliable jet engines eventually cancelled out any technological edge that these aircraft offered. Zusammenfassung Far in advance of any Allied planes of the time, the jet-powered "wonder weapons" of the German Jagdwaffe could perform their sorties with impunity. This volume describes the handful of pilots who amassed amazing scores with these revolutionary aircraft in the last year of the war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Heinkel v Messerschmitt/Kommandos; Bombers and Trainers · JG 7/The Main Protagonist/The Final Effort/Other Units, Other Types/Appendices

Product details

• Authors: John Hugh, Hugh Morgan, Weal Morgan, John Weal, Weal John
• Assisted by: John Weal (Illustration), Weal John (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.1998
• EAN: 9781855326347
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-634-7
• No. of pages: 100
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 247 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Aircraft of the Aces; Osprey Aircraft of the Aces S.; Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey); Aircraft of the Aces; Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey); Osprey Aircraft of the Aces S.
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, History: specific events & topics, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History: specific events and topics, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Weapons & equipment, Weapons and equipment, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater