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JG 26: Photographic History of the Luftwaffe's
Top Guns
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27 x 21.5 cm 166 pages. Packed
with more than 350 photographs of JG 26 from 1937 to the end
of the war. All are presented with informative, painstakingly
researched captions that give unprecedented detail about the
aircraft, pilots, operations, and markings of the Luftwaffe's
most famous fighter wing. Includes 24 colour plates of Geschwader
aircraft throughout the period, painted by
Chris Thomas. ISBN 0-87938-845-5.
OUT OF PRINT
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Jagdgeschwader 26 was considered
the best Luftwaffe fighter wing for most of World war II. The
Jagdgeschwader's Messerschmitt Bf 109's and Focke-Wulf FW 190's
and aces such as Adolf Galland and Josef "Pips" Priller
were known and feared by their Allied adversaries, who dubbed
JG 26 "The Abbeville Boys." It holds a special significance
for American and British enthusiasts because JG 26 was stationed
in Western Europe throughout the war, spearheading the German
conquest of France and the Low Countries, playing an important
role in the Battle of Britain, and defending the skies of the
Reich and occupied Europe against the most powerful Allied Air
Forces - the American Eighth Air Force and the British Royal
Air Force.
Packed with more than 350 photos
and more than 30 color illustrations, JG 26: Photographic History
of the Luftwaffe's Top Guns
is a spectacular photographic
journal of the unit's planes, pilots and operations from 1937
to the last days of the war.
Most of the photographs are
from private collections and are published here for the first
time. The rest are superb photos from official sources such
as the Bundesarchiv. All are presented with informative, painstakingly
researched captions that give unprecedented detail about the
planes, the pilots, and the markings of the Luftwaffe's most
famous fighter wing.
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