Jagdgeschwader 54 : 'Grunherz' (Osprey Aviation Elite 6)
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (595 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1841762865 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From the Publisher Looking at elite fighter and bomber units in action, these books draw on profile artworks, black and white photographs, fully detailed appendices and breathtaking first hand accounts.
JG 54 would remain a Jagdwaffe stalwart in the east, flying firstly Bf 109Fs and then the Fw 190. By war's end, the Geschwader's pilots had claimed over 9500 kills, and produced over 100 aces. One of the most successful of the high-scoring Luftwaffe Jagdgeschwader during World War 2, JG 54 'Grünherz' (Green Hearts) was formed from three disparate fighter 'Gruppen' immediately prior to the Battle of Britain. Men like Hans Philipp, Walter Nowotny and Otto Kittel are profiled in this volume, which reveals the struggle in the face of overwhelming odds that was the lot of the Jagdflieger on the Eastern Front.. Having enjoyed immediate success over the Channel and South-east England during the summer of 1940, the unit was transferred to the Eastern Front in the spring of 1941 in preparation for Operation Barbarossa - the German invasion of the Soviet Union
. Arguably the finest profile artist in the business, John Weal's love of German aircraft makes his work a treat for students of the subject. He has written several Aces volumes, and two books on the JU 87 in the companion series Combat Aircraft
an entry level book for Luftwaffe enthusiasts Ninoslav Tomlinovic The book manages to cover the whole journey of JG54 throughout World War II. And because it does it in less than 130 pages, it can't be detailed. And it isn't.The pace of the book is fairly fast. Certain campaigns are given only couple of pages (for example, III/JG54 in the West in 1943-45 is covered in 14 pages despite the impor. "Good but not detailed" according to Cliente Amazon. This is a book typical of this series: a survey of the unit's operational life, interesting, but a quite dry reading. A good starting point, don't expect nothing like Don Caldwell's JG26 books. For modelers: as usual the color plates are superb.