German Night Fighter Aces of World War 2 (Aircraft of the Aces 020)
German Night Fighter Aces of World War 2 (Aircraft of the Aces 020)
Osprey Publishing | ISBN: 1855326965 | June 5, 1998 | PDF | 96 pages | 60.41 MB
When the Luftwaffe entered the war, its nightfighter force was virtually non-existent thanks to its leader, Reichmarschall Hermann Göring, boasting that bombs would never fall on Germany. By mide-1940 his folly was evident; the first nightfighter wing was hastily formed with Bf 110s. As arguably the most consistently effective arm of the wartime Luftwaffe, the Nachtjagd took a steady toll of Allied aircraft - the vast majority of them RAF bombers - throughout most of World War 2. Fighting a tough enemy, as well as a lower priority in aircraft and personnel procurement than it merited, the force never shrank from its task.