Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West

Author: Malcolm V. Lowe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472854446
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97

Book Description
Using specially commissioned artwork and detailing technical specifications, this book explores the Bf 109's different roles occasioned by wartime necessity, from its employment as a fighter to its evolution as a fighter-bomber. One of the principal types in the Luftwaffe's inventory at the beginning of World War II, the piston-engined Bf 109 was central to the many initial victories that the Germans achieved before coming up against the unbeatable RAF during the Battle of Britain. Nevertheless, by the second half of 1940 the Bf 109's operability was widened due to operational needs and it was flown as a fighter-bomber for precision attacks in Southern England. At first ad hoc conversions were made 'in the field' to allow the aircraft to carry a bomb or extra fuel tank. Such modifications were soon formalised by Messerschmitt, which created the Jabo Bf 109s. Drawing from pilots' first-hand accounts, author Malcolm V. Lowe explores the number of specialised units, including Lehrgeschwader 2 and dedicated fighter-bomber sections of standard fighter units such as 10. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 26, which flew this highly specialised fighter-bomber. Including technical specifications, rare photographs and outstanding artwork, this book explores the Jabo versions of the Bf 109E, F and G both on the production line and with the addition of Rüstsätze field conversion kits.

Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West

Author: Malcolm V. Lowe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472854462
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 187

Dive-bomber and Ground-attack Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945 : a Reference Source: Units, formation and redesignation, commanders, key operations, codes, emblems

Author: Henry L. De Zeng
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bombers
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description

In a Now Forgotten Sky

Author: Dennis C. Kucera
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780963711090
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : da
Pages : 0

Book Description
Beretter om den amerikanske "31st Fighter Group"s indsats i Middelhavet og Nordafrika under 2. verdenskrig.

JG 26 Luftwaffe Fighter Wing War Diary

Author: Donald Caldwell
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 1461751209
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355

Book Description
Day-by-day account of a German fighter squadron, one of only two Luftwaffe units to spend the entire war in the West Covers the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, the Dieppe raid, and more JG 26 was known as "The Abbeville Boys" and seen by the Allies as an elite squadron Unit flew Messerschmitt Bf 109s and Focke-Wulf Fw 190s

Jane's Battles with the Luftwaffe

Author: Theo Boiten
Publisher: Collins Reference
ISBN: 9780007113637
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
This collection and analysis of first-hand accounts from World War 11 veteran aircrew offers a fresh look at the day air war that raged over Europe from 1942 to 1945. it retraces not only the course of events of the war years as experienced by both Allied and Axis pilots, but also offers vivid descriptions of weaponry, aircraft and tactical developments during the extensive bombing campaign against Germany. Richly illustrated with some 300 photographs, many of which previously unpublished, Battles with the Luftwaffe is a fascinating account of the realities of air-combat during World War II.

Ju 88 Aces of World War 2

Author: Robert Forsyth
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472829212
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97

Book Description
The fully illustrated story of the Luftwaffe aces piloting Germany’s versatile heavy fighter attacking Allied convoys and defending the Reich against bombing raids.

Air Combat Legends: Supermarine Spitfire, Messerschmitt Bf109

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fighter planes
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description

The Most Dangerous Enemy

Author: Stephen Bungay
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1845136500
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 542

Book Description
Stephen Bungay’s magisterial history is acclaimed as the account of the Battle of Britain. Unrivalled for its synthesis of all previous historical accounts, for the quality of its strategic analysis and its truly compulsive narrative, this is a book ultimately distinguished by its conclusions – that it was the British in the Battle who displayed all the virtues of efficiency, organisation and even ruthlessness we habitually attribute to the Germans, and they who fell short in their amateurism, ill-preparedness, poor engineering and even in their old-fashioned notions of gallantry. An engrossing read for the military scholar and the general reader alike, this is a classic of military history that looks beyond the mythology, to explore all the tragedy and comedy; the brutality and compassion of war.

Bf 109 Aces of the Russian Front

Author: John Weal
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782005285
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154

Book Description
The highest scoring aces of any aerial conflict were the Luftwaffe pilots involved in the bloody combats on the Russian Front. The most common fighter used by these pilots was the Bf 109, which was involved in the action from Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, through to the doomed Defence of the Reich in 1945. Units like JGs 5, 52 and 54 all flew the Messerschmitt fighter, progressing from Emil to Gustav variants. This volume includes all the high-scoring aces, and explains just how difficult a job the Jagdwaffe faced on the Russian Front, and how its experts achieved such overwhelming scores.