Nachtjager: Vol. 1, Luftwaffe Night Fighter Units 1939-1943 (Luftwaffe Colours) (Luftwaffe Colours S.) - Softcover

David P. Williams

9781903223536: Nachtjager: Vol. 1, Luftwaffe Night Fighter Units 1939-1943 (Luftwaffe Colours) (Luftwaffe Colours S.)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903223539 ISBN 13: 9781903223536

Publisher: Classic Publications, 2005

Produced in the same style as the Jagdwaffe series (which concentrated on German day fighters), this is the first of a two-part history of the German Nachtjager the nightfighter force in World War II. The Luftwaffe used many aircraft in the night fighter role, primarily to combat RAF Bomber Commanders nocturnal heavy bombing raids against German targets from 1940-41 onwards, and a cat-and-mouse development of aircraft enhancement, weapons, guidance systems, and radar took place. The book contains a wide variety of aircraft. This volume, concentrates on the single-seat Me109 fighter adapted as a night fighter, early versions of the Me110 and the Ju88. The text is accompanied by a wide range of photographs many published for the first time together with color profiles, biographies of top night fighter aces such as Falck, Schnaufer, Lent, Jabs and others. Furthermore, the book includes pilot accounts and details of the Schr+�ge Musik upward-firing, FuG202 Lichtenstein and SN-2 radar sets, etc. With the great importance attached by the Royal Air Force to its nocturnal bombing raids, the importance to the defense of Germany of the night fighters squadrons cannot be overstated. This volume and its companion will provide the modeler and historian with a detailed examination of the Nachtjager forces deployed by the Luftwaffe during the war and will be required reading for all interested in the subject of the nightly battles over the skies of the Reich during World War II.

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About the Author:

David Williams resides in the west of England with his wife and daughter, but travels frequently to Germany to interview former day and nightfighter pilots and research in archives. He has amassed a significant quantity of research material on the lives of prominent German aces. He is author of two volumes dealing with the German nightfighter and day fighter aces.

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