Jagdgeschwader 2 : 'Richthofen' (Osprey Aviation Elite 1)

WEAL, John

ISBN 10: 1841760463 / ISBN 13: 9781841760469

Published by Osprey Publishing, 2000

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128pp, very well-illustrated in colour and black and white, softcover, very good condition, Osprey Publishing Limited, 2000. * with chapters on the early years, hostilities, guarding the ramparts, retreat and defeat, with appendices and index. Seller Inventory # DDD/6304B

Bibliographic Details

Title: Jagdgeschwader 2 : 'Richthofen' (Osprey ...

Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Soft cover

Illustrator: Laurier, Jim

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Tracing its roots to Manfred, Freiherr von Richthofen's 'Flying Circus' of WWI, the Jagdgeschwader 'Richthofen' is arguably the most famous fighter unit of all time. Designated JG 1 during the Great War, then disbanded following defeat, the Jagdgeschwader reformed as JG 132. By September 1939 the unit had become JG 2, seeing much action during the Blitzkrieg and Battle of Britain. This first in a new series focusing on elite fighter and bomber units, charts the career of JG 2 from its first aerial kills in 1939 to the destruction of its own Fw 190s in the face of the Allied advance in 1945.

Synopsis:

Tracing its roots to Manfred, Freiherr von Richthofen and his famous "Flying Circus" of World War I, the Jagdgeschwader "Richthofen" is arguably the most famous fighter unit of all time. Designated JG 1 during World War I, and then disbanded following Germany's defeat, the Jagdgeschwader reformed as the JG 132 in 1935 with Arado and Heinkel biplanes. By September 1939 the unit had become JG 2, and it went on to see much action during the Blitzkrieg in Western Europe and the Battle of Britain which followed. This volume, the first in a series which focuses on the elite fighter and bomber units in action, charts the wartime career of JG 2 from its first aerial kills on the Franco-German border in November 1939 through to the destruction of its own Fw 190s in the face of Allied advance at Prague-Ruzyne airfield in late April 1945.