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Jagdgeschwader Nr II Geschwader "Berthold"

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Type: Softcover

Product Line: Aviation Elite Units - World War I

Last Stocked on 4/2/2021

Product Info

Title
Jagdgeschwader Nr II Geschwader "Berthold"
Publisher
Category
Author
Greg VanWyngarden
Publish Year
2005
Pages
128
Dimensions
7.25x10.75x.5"
NKG Part #
2147634546
MFG. Part #
OSPAEU019
Type
Softcover

Description

After struggling with inadequate supplies of aircraft and matériel, the veteran pilots of the Geschwader would go on to enjoy incredible successes against French and American opponents in September 1918. Aces who flew the famous blue-fuselaged Fokkers of JG II included such stalwarts as Josef Veltjens (35 kills), Georg von Hantelmann (25 kills), Franz Büchner (40 kills) and Ulrich Neckel (30 kills). This volume contains many first-hand accounts by these and other notable aces, which reveal the esprit de corps and camaraderie these airmen displayed in their struggles against superior numbers up to the war's final grim days.