Jagdgeschwader 7 'Nowotny'

Robert Forsyth

ISBN 10: 1846033209 / ISBN 13: 9781846033209

Editore: Bloomsbury USA Okt 2008, 2008

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Neuware - When the revolutionary Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter first appeared in the skies over northwest Europe in mid-1944, it represented the greatest challenge to Allied air superiority since the Battle of Britain. The first group to solely fly jet fighters, Jagdgeschwader 7 was formed out of the test unit Kommando Nowotny, and was tasked with taking back command of the skies. Put almost immediately into action, despite fuel shortages, poor training and problems with the jet engine, victories quickly followed against both US and British aircraft, including at least one Mosquito. By the end of the war, the Jagdgeschwader had claimed nearly 200 enemy aircraft destroyed in daylight bomber raids during 1945. Fighter aces and those who became jet aces with JG 7 included Heinrich Ehrler (201 victories), Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert (174 victories) and Hans Waldmann (132 victories). This book follows the history of the revolutionary JG 7 unit, examining how their courage, determination and the most advanced aircraft in the world were simply not enough to ensure victory. In the final section of the book Robert Forsyth details how JG 7 eventually became ground down by losses, restricted operating conditions, lack of fuel and overwhelming Allied fighter strength, culminating in final surrender in May 1945, but not without scoring some of the final aerial victories of World War 2.

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• Titolo: Jagdgeschwader 7 'Nowotny'
• Editore: Bloomsbury USA Okt 2008
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1846033209
• ISBN 13: 9781846033209
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Disegnatore: Postlethwaite, Mark
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 249 L x 187 A x 9 P (millimetri) 249 millimetri di larghezza per 187 millimetri di altezza per 9 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 402 grammi

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Riassunto

An illustrated account of the infamous Me 262 and its pilots in the dark days of 1945, containing previously unseen photographs.

Informazioni sull?autore

Robert Forsyth has studied the history and operations of the Luftwaffe for many years. He is the author of JV 44 The Galland Circus (1996), Battle over Bavaria: The B-26 versus the German Jets (1998), Mistel: German Composite Aircraft and Operations 1942-1945 (2001) and Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerikabomber (2006 with Eddie J Creek). He works in publishing. Jim Laurier is a native of New England, growing up in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He has been drawing since he could hold a pencil and throughout his life he has worked in many media creating artwork on a variety of subjects. He has worked on the Osprey Aviation list since 2000, and in that time he has produced some of the finest artwork seen in these volumes.