Details the exploits of one of the Luftwaffe's oldest and proudest fighter wings in its aerial battles against Allied heavy daylight bombers and against ever increasing odds during World War II.
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Details the exploits of one of the Luftwaffe's oldest and proudest fighter wings in its aerial battles against Allied heavy daylight bombers and against ever increasing odds during World War II.
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Add this copy of Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 134: Jagdgeschwader 1 to cart. $30.55, new condition, Sold by Military History Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Folkestone, KENT, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2017 by Osprey Publishing.
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New in card cover. Osprey Aviation Formed shortly after the outbreak of World War II, and equipped with Messerschmitt Bf 109Es, JG 1 defended Germany's North Sea and Baltic coastal areas and its main port cities and naval bases. After 1942 it fought against the US Eighth Air Force's B-17s and B-24s, and bore the brunt of action against increasingly regular, fighter escorted deep penetration USAAF day bomber raids. Levels of attrition grew, but so did experience of the unit's leading aces, including Herbert Ihlefeld, Heinz Bar and Walter Oesau, piloting Bf 109Es, Fw 190s and Heinkel 162 jet fighters. Packed with photographs and profile artwork, this is the compelling story of the pilots who defended Germany. UL-XXXXXX. A4 format, 96pp, numerous b/w illustrations, 11colour plates.
