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Jagdgeschwader 7 ‘Nowotny’
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When the revolutionary Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter first appeared in the skies over northwest Europe in mid-1944, it represented the greatest challenge to Allied air superiority since the Battle of Britain. The first group to solely fly jet fighters, Jagdgeschwader 7 was formed out of the test unit Kommando Nowotny, and was tasked with taking back command of the skies. Put almost immediately into action, despite fuel shortages, poor training and problems with the jet engine, victories quickly followed against both US and British aircraft, including at least one Mosquito.
By the end of the war, the Jagdgeschwader had claimed nearly 200 enemy aircraft destroyed in daylight bomber raids during 1945. Fighter aces and those who became jet aces with JG 7 included Heinrich Ehrler (201 victories), Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert (174 victories) and Hans Waldmann (132 victories). This book follows the history of the revolutionary JG 7 unit, examining how their courage, determination and the most advanced aircraft in the world were simply not enough to ensure victory. In the final section of the book Robert Forsyth details how JG 7 eventually became ground down by losses, restricted operating conditions, lack of fuel and overwhelming Allied fighter strength, culminating in final surrender in May 1945, but not without scoring some of the final aerial victories of World War 2.
Table of Contents
EVOLUTION
CHAPTER TWO
FORMATION
CHAPTER THREE
CONSOLIDATION
CHAPTER FOUR
EXPERIMENTATION
CHAPTER FIVE
ATTRITION
CHAPTER SIX
DESTRUCTION
APPENDICES
COLOUR PLATES
COMMENTARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Product details
Published | Oct 21 2008 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 128 |
ISBN | 9781846033209 |
Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
Illustrations | 110 b/w; 27 col |
Dimensions | 248 x 184 mm |
Series | Aviation Elite Units |
Short code | AEU 29 |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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