Luftwaffe Fighter-Bombers Over Britain
1st Edition
Published on 16. July 2010
337 pages
978-1-4617-5127-4 (ISBN)
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Description
Chronicles the air war above Britain from March 1942 to June 1943 and includes in-the-cockpit accounts from German and British pilots Assesses offensive and defensive tactics Incorporates hundreds of rarely seen photos As the Battle of Britain came to a close, the Luftwaffe began arming its single-engine fighters with bombs and using them instead of bombers for many daylight raids against shipping and coastal installations, railways, fuel depots, and other military and civilian objectives. The fighter-bombers also launched unopposed attacks against London and numerous other cities and towns across England. Known as "e,tip and run"e, attacks, these raids had a detrimental effect on British morale.
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Content
- Luftwaffe Fighter-Bombers Over Britain
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary and Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Origins of 'Tip And Run'
- Chapter 2 Birth of the Jabo
- Chapter 3 The Liesendahl Process
- Chapter 4 The New Offensive
- Chapter 5 Butcher Birds and Rats
- Chapter 6 New Tactics and Weapons
- Chapter 7 Worse to Come
- Chapter 8 Changes
- Chapter 9 The Final Throes
- Postscript
- Appendix 1 Jabostaffeln September - December 1940
- Appendix 2 Pilots of 13 & 10/Jagdgeschwader 2 November 1941 - 16 April 1943
- Appendix 3 Pilots of 10/Jagdgeschwader 26 & 10/Jagdgeschwader 54 March 1942 - April 1943
- Appendix 4 Executive Officers of I, II & IV Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 March - June 1943
- Appendix 5 Jabo losses suffered by Jagdgeschwader 2 1941 - April 1943
- Appendix 6 Losses suffered by 10/Jagdgeschwader 26 & 10/Jagdgeschwader 54 March 1942 - April 1943
- Appendix 7 Daytime losses suffered by III/Zerstörergeschwader 2 & Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 North-west Europe November 1942 - 6 June 1943
- Appendix 8 Confirmed 'tip and run' attacks March 1942 - June 1943
- Appendix 9 Graph of confirmed 'tip and run' attacks March 1942 - June 1943
- Appendix 10 Luftflotte 3 Einzelmeldung for 20 January 1943
- Bibliography
- Index
