The Luftwaffe Fighter Force,9781853673276

The Luftwaffe Fighter Force

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ISBN13: 9781853673276
ISBN10: 1853673277
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-10-01
Publisher(s): Greenhill Pr
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Summary

This unique compilation of in-depth accounts by major figures in the German fighter force in World War II describes, in the words of the men who did the flying and the fighting, how the Luftwaffe operated and carried out its missions. These accounts are written by professionals for professionals and record the German fighter leaders' views on their aircraft, the aircraft used by the Allies, operations, tactics, training, technology, aircrew and reasons for the ultimate failure of the Luftwaffe. They were compiled for the use of the USAAF soon after the war was over.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations, Maps and Diagrams
7(2)
Introduction 9(5)
David C. Isby
Biographies 14(3)
Glossary 17(6)
Part 1 The Fighter Force 23(44)
1 History and Developments of GAF Fighter Commands
25(11)
Galland
Milch
2 The Organization and Function of Fighter Units
36(9)
Galland
3 A History of the Twin-Engine Fighter Force
45(12)
Galland
Kowalewski
Nolle
Eschenauer
4 German Fighter Pilots: Equipment and Service
57(6)
Galland
5 Mobility of Fighter Units
63(4)
Galland
Bar
Part 2 The Offensive War 67(34)
6 Escort Tactics
69(11)
Galland
7 Typical Orders for Fighter Escort to a Geschwader (Battle of Britain)
80(5)
Bar
8 Fighter Tactics: The Free Hunt by Galland and Bar
9 Typical Fighter Sweep
85(2)
Bar
10 Fighter Escort for Ship Convoys and Naval Units
87(6)
Galland
Bar
Dahl
Petersen
11 Protection of Naval Forces and Convoys by Fighter Forces
93(8)
Galland
Part 3 Air-Ground Operations 101(68)
12 Fighter-Bomber Tactics
103(6)
Galland
13 Fighters in Ground Attack
109(2)
Gollob
14 Typical Ground Attack Mission by a Fighter Geschwader
111(2)
Bar
15 Organization of Ground Attack Units
113(7)
Hitschhold
16 Principles for the Control of Operations of Ground Attack Units
120(5)
Hitschhold
17 Ground Attack Operations
125(5)
Hitschhold
18 Ground Attack Tactics
130(7)
Hitschhold
19 Tactical Execution of Ground Attack Missions in the FW 190
137(28)
Hitschhold
Jacob
20 Mistakes and Omissions in the GAF Ground Attack Arm
165(4)
Hitschhold
Part 4 -- The Defensive War 169(46)
21 The Evolution of the Defense of the Reich
171(11)
Galland
Bar
Dahl
22 Attacks on Heavy Bombers
182(1)
Galland
23 Weapons for Combating Four-Engine Bombers by Day
183(6)
Galland
Bar
Dahl
Petersen
24 A Typical Fighter Mission Briefing in Defense of the Reich
189(3)
Bar
25 A Typical Mission in the Defense of the Reich
192(4)
Dahl
26 Conduct of a Company Front Attack
196(3)
Dahl
27 Experiences in Combat against the Boeing Fortress II and Consolidated Liberator (1942)
199(2)
Galland
28 Tactical Regulations for SE and TE Fighter Formations in Air Defense (1943)
201(4)
Galland
29 Air Defense of the Reich: The Fighter Arm (1944)
205(10)
GAF Operations Staff
Part 5 -- Summing Up 215
30 GAF Opinions of Allied Aircraft
217(2)
Galland
Neumann
Milch
Bar
Hitschhold
31 Allied Fighters and Equipment by Bar
219(2)
32 Allied Aircraft
221(2)
Neumann
33 Plans of the German Fighter Force for the Continuation of World War II
223(7)
Galland
34 The Most Important Mistakes of the Luftwaffe as Seen from the Standpoint of the GAF Fighter Force
230
Galland
Schmid

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