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Aufklarer: Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft and Units 1935-1941 (1) (Luftwaffe Colours) - Softcover
This latest two-part work provides a study of another significant arm of the Luftwaffe, the Aufklarungsflieger or reconnaissance units. Although such operations are sometimes erroneously perceived as being of secondary importance due to their lack of offensive function, the Luftwaffe was very advanced in understanding the benefits of reconnaissance. In fact no single arm of the Luftwaffe operated at such a wide number of aircraft types and many of the operations conducted by the Aufklarungsflieger units were of vital importance.
This first volume will cover the aircraft and operations of the reconnaissance units from their origins in clandestine survey and photographic work over Poland and the United Kingdom in the late 1930s through to their first operational use during the Spanish Civil War. They were active in the skies across Europe, from Poland in the east to Britain in the west. They also played their part in the invasions of the Balkans and Russia.
On the Russian and Mediterranean fronts, short-range reconnaissance usually involved low-level missions over enemy territory using the Fieseler Fi156 Storch and Hs126 biplanes, though Bf109s and Fw190s were also employed on such activities. Also included in this book will be an overview of the related "Wekusta" or weather reconnaissance units, responsible for the collection of meteorological data where, because of the proximity of the enemy, normal land-based observation was not available. These units were assigned directly to the Meteorological Service of the Luftwaffe High Command and were considered very valuable assets.
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This two-part book provides a study of the Aufklarungsflieger or reconnaissance units. Although such operations are sometimes erroneously perceived as being of secondary importance due to their lack of offensive function, the Luftwaffe was very advanced in understanding the benefits of reconnaissance. In fact no single arm of the Luftwaffe operated at such a wide number of aircraft types and many of the operations conducted were of vital importance. This first volume will cover the aircraft and operations of the reconnaissance units from their origins in clandestine survey and photographic work over Poland and the United Kingdom in the late 1930s through to their first operational use during the Spanish Civil War. When World War II began, Aufklarungsflieger were involved on every front where the Luftwaffe fought.
About the Author:
Dave Wadman was born in London, England in early 1944. He is a former member of the British Army who spent his early years growing up close to the RAF airfield at Hendon from which he developed an ongoing interest in British and German military aviation. Since immigrating to western Canada in 1980, he has authored and co-authored a number of publications on the German Air Force from the period 1935-1945.
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- PublisherClassic Pubns
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1903223741
- ISBN 13 9781903223741
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages96
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