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German Aces of the Russian Front

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: General Aviation

Last Stocked on 4/17/2014

Product Info

Title
German Aces of the Russian Front
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Author
John Weal
Publish Year
2002
Pages
192
Dimensions
8x10x.5"
NKG Part #
2147399053
MFG. Part #
OSPGM6208
Type
Softcover

Description

This book combines Aircraft of the Aces 6: ‘Focke-Wulf FW 190 Aces of the Russian Front’ and Aircraft of the Aces 37: ‘Bf 109 Aces of the Russian Front’. Luftwaffe pilots of the Russian Front were the highest scoring aces of any aerial conflict in history. This book traces the careers of the pilots who flew the Fw 190 and the Bf 109 in the skies over Russia, and reveals how they achieved their remarkable successes. The Bf 109 was the most commonly used fighter on the Front, and saw action from Operation Barbarossa through to the Defense of the Reich in 1945. The Fw 190, meanwhile, proved itself to be arguably Germany's best piston-engine fighter, with many of its aces scoring over 100 kills.