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Messerschmitts Over Sicily - Diary of a Luftwaffe Fighter Commander

By: Stackpole Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Military History Series (Stackpole Books)

Last Stocked on 2/10/2024

Product Info

Title
Messerschmitts Over Sicily - Diary of a Luftwaffe Fighter Commander
Publisher
Category
Author
Ralph Barker
Publish Year
2004
Pages
272
Dimensions
6x9x1"
NKG Part #
2147974305
Type
Softcover

Description

Driven from their North African bases, the Luftwaffe regrouped on Sicily in early summer 1943 as the Allies prepared to invade the island. Airfields and serviceable planes were few, and Field Marshal Hermann Goering demanded the impossible of his airmen, branding them cowards when they were unsuccessful. Despite these crushing odds, the pilots of the 77th Fighter Wing took to the skies and attempted to ward off waves of Allied bombers and fighters. Wing commander Johannes Steinhoff bluntly describes the bleak situation on the island and the fierce combat above it.