
JG 26 Luftwaffe Fighter Squadron War Diary, 1939-42
by Donald Caldwell
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Details
War:
World War II
Perspective:
Fighter Jets
Military Unit:
Luftwaffe
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
No
Region:
Europe
Page Count:
370
Published Date:
2012
ISBN13:
9780811710770
Description
*Day-by-day account of a German fighter squadron, one of only two Luftwaffe units to spend the entire war in the West *Covers the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, the Dieppe raid, and more *JG 26 was known as "The Abbeville Boys" and seen by the Allies as an elite squadron *Unit flew Messerschmitt Bf 109s and Focke-Wulf Fw 190s AUTHOR: Donald Caldwell has spent more than twenty -five years researching aviation history. ILLUSTRATIONS: 75 b/w photographs