Luftwaffe Aces: German Combat Pilots of WWII (Stackpole

Luftwaffe Aces: German Combat Pilots of WWII (Stackpole Military History Series)
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 BÃƒÂ¤r, 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.
Country USA
Brand Stackpole Books
Manufacturer Stackpole Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780811731775
ReleaseDate 2004-09-20
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
UPCs 011557031775
EANs 9780811731775

Luftwaffe Aces: German Combat Pilots of WWII (Stackpole Military History Series)