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Chargement... Fw 190 Sturmbocke vs B-17 Flying Fortress: Europe 1944-45 (Duel)par Robert Forsyth
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Appartient à la sérieOsprey Duel (24)
For the first time in the best-selling Duel series, Osprey Publishing presents the horrifying aerial clash between a fighter and a bomber. The Fw 190 was one of the best air superiority aircraft of World War II. When it first appeared over the Channel in 1941 it sent shockwaves through the Allied air commands. By 1944, these fighters had been up-gunned to serve as the front line of defence against the Allied bombing campaign. Although the Fw 190s were responsible for shooting down hundreds of Allied bombers, they met their match against the United States Air-Force B-17 'Flying Fortress.' Capable of carry 4,000 lbs of bombs and bristling with .50-cal machine guns, the B-17 could sow death in every direction. Using brand-new artwork and first-hand accounts, this book recreates the deadly drama in the skies above Germany in 1944. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Some of the text I've read seems curiously to focus on Walther Dahl of JG 300 - there are several pictures of him and a full page profile. While acknowledging that his autobiography was 'colourful' the book repeats all the old chestnuts regarding his supposed 128 victories and his huge accumulation of bomber kills - for which the authors of the JG 300 history found little or no evidence of course.
..There is no chronological account of the Fw 190 as 'bomber killer' just the timeline ending on 2 December as already mentioned. That has to be a typo, and should read 24 December, which was the date of IV.(Sturm)/JG3's last big success in the West. Otherwise the book itself is a very selective look at various aspects of the daylight bombing campaign focusing on training, the machines, the men. Nothing to do with the author I doubt, but this is a title assembled to fit a tightly outlined format and as such doesn't work very well at all for me. ( )