First and the Last: German Fighter Force in World War II

History

Adolf Galland

Europe

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The First And The Last: The German Fighter Force in World War II

Ballantine

Allied bombing campaign from the point of view of the German Luftwaffe command. German aviation strategy. Includes writing of Messerschmitt, Galland and Von Rohden.

Fighting the Bombers (The Luftwaffer's Struggle against the Allied Bomber Offensive)

Josef Kammhuber

The Military Book Club

Adolf "Dolfo" Joseph Ferdinand Galland (1912 -1996) was a German Luftwaffe General and one of the greatest flying aces of World War II. He flew 705 combat missions, and fought on the Western and the Defence of the Reich fronts. On four occasions he survived being shot down, and he was credited with an astonishing 104 aerial victories, all of them against the Western Allies. He is a legend of air combat, and this is his heroic story. First published in 1954, this is a reprint of the original edition and not any revised version. It was a best-seller in 14 languages and sold three million copies. It was also very well received by the British and American airforces as a frank and honest statement of how the war was won and lost in the air. Time magazine,too, called this book "The clearest picture yet of how the Germans lost their war in the air."

The First And The Last

lulu.com

This selection of accounts - written the men who did the flying and the fighting - lifts the lid on how the Luftwaffe operated and carried out its missions. Collected by the US Army during briefings shortly after the end of the end of the war, these reports reveal the views of major figures within the German fighter force on everything from their aircraft, operations and tactics, to training, technology, aircrews and reasons for the ultimate failure of the Luftwaffe.  Many of the reports are by the 103-victory ace Adolf Galland, the author of the classic memoir The First and the Last. He discusses, among other things, escort tactics, fighter tactics, bomber tactics and Luftwaffe opinions of Allied aircraft performance. The chief of the ground force attack force, 'Hitsch' Hitschhold, shows how his Fw-190s and Stukas accomplished high-risk operations; Heinz Bar, a 240-victory ace, describes how he led fighter missions; and Walter Dahl, ace anti-bomber specialist, explains his tactics against boxes of B-17s.  Brimming with fascinating insights, this is an invaluable source for anyone interested in aviation during the Second World War.

Luftwaffe Fighter Force: The View from the Cockpit

PEN SWORD BOOKS

Book by Adolf Galland, Hubertus Hitschhold

The Luftwaffe Fighter Force: The View from the Cockpit

Hubertus Hitschhold

Military

Greenhill Pr

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