Luftwaffe Fighter Aces: The Exploits and Tactics of Germany's Greatest Pilots

Mike Spick

ISBN 10: 1510754350 / ISBN 13: 9781510754355

Published by Skyhorse Publishing, 2021

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New tightly bound hardcover in new dust jacket. 8vo. (6 x 1.1 x 9 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes appendices [4], bibliography, index, figures, and photos. 248 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Get in the cockpit with some of the greatest German flying aces of all time! In this exciting book, Mike Spick shows how the Luftwaffe's leading fighter pilots were able to outscore their allied counterparts so effectively and completely during World War II. When the records of the Jagdflieger pilots became available after the war, they were initially greeted with incredulity--the highest claim was for 352 kills, and more than one hundred pilots had recorded more than one hundred victories. However, post-war research proved that these claims had in fact been made in good faith and confirmation had only been given after rigorous checking. To discover the secret of this success, aviation history expert Mike Spick examines the exploits of these aces and sets out the context in which they took place. Every major theatre is covered in detail including the conditions peculiar to each: climate, relative numerical and qualitative strengths, the presence or absence of radar and other measures, and the relative merits of the planes being flown. He focuses on the methods and tactics used by individual aces and uses first-hand sources wherever possible to put the reader right alongside the pilot in the cockpit.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Luftwaffe Fighter Aces: The Exploits and Tactics of Germany's Greatest Pilots
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1510754350
• ISBN 13: 9781510754355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Planes / Aviation
  • War: World War II

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Synopsis

Get in the cockpit with some of the greatest German flying aces of all time!

In this exciting book, Mike Spick shows how the Luftwaffe's leading fighter pilots were able to outscore their allied counterparts so effectively and completely during World War II. When the records of the Jagdflieger pilots became available after the war, they were initially greeted with incredulity—the highest claim was for 352 kills, and more than one hundred pilots had recorded more than one hundred victories. However, post-war research proved that these claims had in fact been made in good faith and confirmation had only been given after rigorous checking.

To discover the secret of this success, aviation history expert Mike Spick examines the exploits of these aces and sets out the context in which they took place. Every major theatre is covered in detail including the conditions peculiar to each: climate, relative numerical and qualitative strengths, the presence or absence of radar and other measures, and the relative merits of the planes being flown.

He focuses on the methods and tactics used by individual aces and uses first-hand sources wherever possible to put the reader right alongside the pilot in the cockpit.

About the Author

Mike Spick has written over thirty books on military aviation, including Luftwaffe Bomber Aces, Allied Fighter Aces, Aces of the Reich, and Allied Fighter Aces of World War II.