Fighter Commands Air War, 1941

Fighter Commands Air War, 1941
Author: Norman Franks
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2016-10-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1473847230


Download Fighter Commands Air War, 1941 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

An extensive history of the Royal Air Force’s Circus offensive against Nazi Germany in World War II, by the author of Jasta Boelcke. Following the Battle of Britain, the RAF started taking the air war to the Germans. A small number of bombers, escorted by large numbers of fighters, tried to force the Luftwaffe into battle. Much air combat ensued, but it was not until Germany invaded Russia in June, 1941, that operations were stepped up in an effort to take pressure off Stalin’s Russian Front. Two major German fighter groups, JG26 and JG2, were, however, more than able to contain the RAF’s operations, generally only intercepting when conditions were in their favor. As author Norman Franks describes, over-claiming combat victories by pilots of both sides is amazing, and several of the top aces had inflated scores. Fighter Command, however, lost massively even though they believed they were inflicting equal, if not better, losses on the Luftwaffe. This battle of attrition was virtually a reverse of the 1940 battles over England, and pilots who had to bail out over France, were lost completely. The book covers the 100+ Circus operations and their accompanying fighter sweeps in detail, while also mentioning lesser operations where the RAF were concerned. The tactics employed by both sides are examined and show how each fighter force quickly adapted to changing conditions tempered by experiences gained in air combat.


Fighter Commands Air War, 1941
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: Norman Franks
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-14 - Publisher: Pen and Sword

GET EBOOK

An extensive history of the Royal Air Force’s Circus offensive against Nazi Germany in World War II, by the author of Jasta Boelcke. Following the Battle of B
Fighter Command Air War 1941
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: GRIEHL MANFRED
Categories: Electronic book
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

Annotation Following the Battle of Britain, the RAF started taking the air war to the Germans. A small number of bombers, escorted by large numbers of fighters
Fighter Command's Air War 1941
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Norman Franks
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher: Pen & Sword Military

GET EBOOK

* A lively and informative history of Fighter Command, focussing on the Air War of 1941, one of the most important years of modern military history. * The book
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: Norman L. R. Franks
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Crecy Publishing

GET EBOOK

This third volume of Fighter command losses deals with the final 16 months of the war. Plans for the Allied invasion of Europe were well under way in November 1
Air Force Combat Units of World War II
Language: en
Pages: 520
Authors: Maurer Maurer
Categories: United States
Type: BOOK - Published: 1961 - Publisher: DIANE Publishing

GET EBOOK