German Jet Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 17)

The Third Reich's last ditch efforts to sweep the massed Allied bomber formations from the skies of Germany centred around the new crop of jet 'wonder weapons' that were issued to the Jagdwaffe from mid-1944 onwards. Far in advance of anything the Allies had even in the experimental phase, types like the Me 262, He 162, Me 163 and the Ar 234 could perform their combat sorties with relative impunity. However, paucity in numbers and unreliable jet engines eventually cancelled out any technological edge that these aircraft offered. "The Third Reich's last ditch efforts to sweep the massed Allied bomber formations from the skies of Germany centred around the new crop of jet 'wonder weapons' that were issued to the Jagdwaffe from mid-1944 onwards. Far in advance of anything the Allies had even in the experimental phase, types like the Me 262, He 162, Me163 and the Ar 234 could perform their combat sorties with relative impunity. However, paucity in numbers and unreliable jet engines eventually cancelled out any technical edge that these aircraft offered. Despite operating from autobahns and forest runways, always being short of the exotic fuels necessary and lacking any strength in numbers, a handful of pilots amassed amazing scores in the last year of the war on these aircraft, flying with units like JG 7, JV 44 and NJG 11. This is their story."--Back cover Far in advance of any Allied planes of the time, the jet-powered "wonder weapons" of the German Jagdwaffe could perform their sorties with impunity. This volume describes the handful of pilots who amassed amazing scores with these revolutionary aircraft in the last year of the war. When the sun rose over Mecklenburg on 27 August 1939, it held the promise of another glorious summer's day for the thousands of holidaymakers thronging that province's Baltic coast seaside resorts. Beskrivelse af de tyske jet-fly fra 2. verdenskrig og de piloter, der opnåede de bedste resultater (Esser) med disse første jetjagere