Description
| Product ID: | 9781472822918 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Aircraft of the Aces |
| Title: | Jagdgeschwader 1 ‘Oesau’ Aces 1939-45 |
| Authors: | Author: Robert Forsyth, Jim Laurier |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | Second World War, Second World War, Air forces and warfare, Military vehicles, Air forces & warfare, Military aircraft, Germany, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. Formed shortly after the outbreak of World War 2, and equipped with Messerschmitt Bf 109Es, Jagdgeschwader 1 was initially tasked to defend the regional North Sea and Baltic coastal areas and the Germany''s main port cities and naval bases. The greatest task for JG 1 though came after 1942 in its defense of the Reich against the US Eighth Air Force''s B-17s and B-24s, bearing the brunt of defense against increasingly regular, larger and deep penetrating USAAF daylight bomber raids with fighter escort. Levels of attrition subsequently grew, but so did experience among the leading aces, who were often the subject of propaganda films and literature. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-12-28 |
