Luftwaffe Fighter Aces

{detailed description}The Luftwaffe's leading fighter aces outscored their Allied counterparts astonishingly during World War II - so much so that when the records of these pilots (the Jagdflieger) became available after the war they were at first greeted with disbelief. A single ace with 100 victories might have been credible; after all, Manfred von Richthofen had scored 80 in the 1914-18 conflict. But 106 aces each recorded 100 victories or more, and the top scorer claimed 352. Post-war research proved that the German victory claims were made in good faith, and that confirmations were only given after rigorous checking. The enormous victory tallies were finally accepted, but the question of how the leading Jagdflieger had outscored the Allied pilots by such tremendous margins remained. To discover the secret of the Luftwaffe pilots' success, aviation historian Mike Spick examines the exploits of the German aces and sets them in context. He covers every major theatre of the war in detail, and looks at the conditions peculiar to each: climate, relative numerical and qualitative strengths, radar and counter-measures, and a comparison of fighters on both sides. He focuses on the methods and tactics of some individual aces, and uses first-hand accounts where possible to put the reader in the pilot's seat. Luftwaffe Fighter Aces is the best possible guide to how the German aces achieved such amazing results in battle.
{Author / Publisher / Date}by Mike Spick
published by Greenhill Books 1996 1st edn. 248pp illustrated, index, appendix, bibliography. 17x24
{condition}near mint, inc. d/j
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