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Jagdverband 44: Squadron of Experten

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Jagdverband 44 was formed in February 1945 on Hitler's orders, to fly the Me 262 "Stormbird", the world's first operational jet fighter, and demonstrate its superiority. The unit was led by the legendary Adolf Galland, who recruited some of Germany's leading aces into it, to the extent that it was said that the Knight's Cross was its unofficial badge. JV 44 engaged the US Ninth Army Air Force over Bavaria and, with its significant speed advantage and powerful armament of cannon and rockets, the Me 262 proved a formidable interceptor in the hands of its expert pilots. In its brief operational existence, never able to get more than six jets in the air at any one time, this small unit achieved approximately 50 kills in less than a month. Unfortunately for the German defensive effort (though Galland himself was glad not to have prolonged the war) there were not enough Me 262s to have any overall effect on the Allied air campaign.This book is a dramatic record of a highly individual

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Autorius: Robert Forsyth
Leidėjas: Osprey Publishing
Išleidimo metai: 2008
Knygos puslapių skaičius: 128
ISBN-13: 9781846032943
Formatas: 7.2999854 x 0.35 x 9.6999806 inches. Knyga minkštu viršeliu
Kalba: Anglų

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