JG 26 — Top Guns of the Luftwaffe —
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Don Caldwell's depth of research now brings to light many of the episodes that have remained hidden for years. His tie ins from both sides of the conflict will clarify for history a much more rewarding story of what happened in those hectic days."
HUB ZEMKE
Commander 56th Fighter Group in WWII
Characteristics
| ISBN-13 |
0-8041-1050-6 |
| ISBN-10 | 0804110506 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Perfect paperback |
| Special Features |
Foreword by Adolf Galland |
| Condition | Good |
| Author(s) | Donald L. Caldwell |
| Publisher | Ivy Books |
| Number of pages | 426 |
| Published date |
Ivy Books Published by Ballantine Books Copyright © 1991 by Donald L. Caldwell This edition published by arrangement with Orion Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America First Ballantine Books Edition: June 1993 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 10,5 x 17 x 3 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE • BIOGRAPHIES |
Description
THE MEN BEHIND THE LEGEND
During the years when the outcome of World War II was very much in doubt, the skies over Europe were the setting for the greatest air battles ever fought. In that titanic struggle, no pilots were more feared by Allied aircrews than the men of Jagdgeschwader 26, nicknamed the "Abbeville Kids."
Ask any veteran of the American Eighth Air Force about the Abbeville Kids, and he'll tell you stories of Goering's elite yellow-nosed fighter unit, whose slashing attacks always seemed to come from the best position. Their fame was legendary, and their bases in northern France were to be avoided at all costs.
This is the story of the JG 26 pilots. A microcosm of the entire war exists in the rise and fall of this famous fighter wing, from its founding during Hitler's military buildup through its glory days in the first years of the war, right up to the grim final hours of the Third Reich.
"A superb day-to-day chronicle of JG 26 operations, from its first air victory in 1939 to its final combat patrol in 1945." Publishers Weekly