This is the 4th part in the description of the German WW2 home defence air operations between January and December 1943. Beside the description of the service-histories of the units described, it contains dozens of mostly unpublished b/w-photographs and -profiles, scale drawings of the aircraft types, victory-/loss- and unit-commander-lists to every unit as well as descriptions of camouflage and markings (also showing the crests).
This volume covers the following subjects:
Service of the German fighter force in the West
Structure and organisation of the fighter force in the West
The fighters of the Luftwaffe in the West 1.1. -31.12.43 (Fw 190 A-5/U8 and Bf 109 G-3,
Special weapons in use with the fighter units in the West, Change of camouflage and markings of the fighter aircraft in the West, 1.1. -31.12.43)
The fighter force in the West (comprehending JG 2, I./JG 3, JG 26, I./JG 27 and parts of JG 54, 1./SAGr. 128)
Appendix covering the course of exchange between JG 26 and JG 54
Author: Jochen Prien-Gerhard Stemmer-Peter Rodeike-Winfried Bock
Pages: 631
Language: German
Edition: 1
Year of publication: 2010
Dimensions: 21 x 30 cm
Binding: Hardcover
