- 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 Bär, 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.
- 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 Bär, 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.
Luftwaffe Aces: German Combat Pilots of WWII
368
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780811731775 |
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| Publisher: | Stackpole Books |
| Publication date: | 09/20/2004 |
| Series: | Stackpole Military History Series |
| Pages: | 368 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |