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Copyright of material featured on these pages is retained by the authors
of the source work which may not be reproduced without permission. My thanks
to Herrn Dr Jochen Prien, Peter Rodeike, Dr Alfred Price, Al Blue, Claes
Sundin, Eric Mombeek, & Russell Ives for permission to reproduce
material from their published works. Monsieur Jean-Yves Lorant , historian
of JG 300, kindly send through an extract from his forthcoming reference
work on Jagdgeschwader 300. A bibliography and selected web links
follow .
Bill Beasley of the 492nd BG Journal 'The Happy Warrior' and Bill Dewey of the 445th and founder of the Kassel Mission Memorial Association kindly sent material. We wish both Bills well as they recover from illness and thank them sincerely for their support.
Researcher Erich Brown has provided a constant stream
of ideas, informed comment & pictures for these pages. Bernd Willmer
and Barry Smith have provided first class material and Barry's forthcoming
book is eagerly awaited. I am especially grateful to former IV./JG 3 pilots
Willi Unger , Karl-Heinz von den Steinen & Günther Ehrlich
for supplying original material for these pages. Thanks also to Les
Butler for allowing me to use his Luftwaffe emblems on the artworks. I
would like to thank Werner Farwick for sending a selection of
Ritterkreuzträger grave site photos and for introducing me to
Karl Bleckmann. Renowned aviation artist Keith Ferris very kindly allowed
us to reproduce images of his superb prints inspired by the events
of August 15 1944 and Harry Gobrecht contributed material from the 303rd
BG archive. Thank you also to Brett Green at Hyperscale and to Neil Robinson
at Guideline Publications for their support. Tony Holmes & John Weal
readily agreed to the use of profiles from their Fw 190 Western Front aces
book. Thanks for visiting and keeping this site on the Aviation Top
100. These pages are regularly updated and revised
Please write to us at
eke@internetcds.com or
Falkeeins@cs.com
Dr Jochen Prien. IV./Jagdgeschwader 3 Chronik einer Jagdgruppe. ISBN 3-923457-36-7, Struve Druck, 1996 This web site is largely based around the material presented in this essential work and I feel privileged to have been allowed to reproduce and translate selected extracts.
Jagdgeschwader 1&11 Einsatz in der Reichsverteidigung Teil
2 1944, Struve Druck
"Pik As" Geschichte des Jagdgeschwaders 53 Teil 2 & 3
Struve Druck 1990, 1991 These massive works of some 600 pages
each and containing hundreds of rare photos are a huge achievement in Luftwaffe
literature. Far better than the expensive Schiffer reprints if you can cope
with the German. Useful for details of Werner Gerth's early career amongst
others. Write to Struve Druck, Schlossstr. 5 23701 Eutin,
Germany for mail order details on all Jochen Prien's histories &
information on their major new planned 12 volume series Die
Jagdfliegerverbände der deutschen Luftwaffe 1934-1945 or see
the link above.
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Peter Rodeike . Focke Wulf Jagdflugzeug 190 Struve Druck, Eutin 1998. ISBN 3-923 457-44-8. This book is an essential purchase for anyone remotely interested in the Würger. A fabulous book. Don't be put off by the German language or the expense (115 DM ). There are literally hundreds of never previously published pictures here. Provides an in-depth overview of the A series with masses of photos of operational machines plus just about every known photo of the Sturmjäger and also covering the Dora & Ta 152 with hand book drawings , Werknummern usw. not forgetting a fabulous selection of Claes Sundin's profiles.
Fortunes of War by Al Blue. Historian of the 492nd Bomb Group. His book detailing the Group's daylight B-24 raids over Germany is still available via Cliff Bishop at East Anglia books.
89 Days, The 492nd at North Pickenham by Russell Ives. Russell, a former RAF Shackleton pilot, has assembled a mass of first hand accounts and rare photos relating the air battles of the summer of 1944 as seen through the eyes of the personnel of the 492nd Bomb Group. Available direct from Russell himself at 38 Mill Moor Rd, Meltham, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD7 3JY. £25 plus £1.50 postage in Europe or £30 post free to the US. Prices in pounds sterling.
Bill & Norma Beasley VP of the 492nd veterans organisation and editor of the 492nd journal The Happy Warrior.
Links
Review and contribute reviews of the years books and much more at
the site for the World War II bibliophile. Some of my own personal
recent and not so recent favourites follow.
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A link to Michael Holm's fascinating site including some excellent material
prepared by Tony Wood such as German Fighter claims 4.44 - 9.44 (Reich, West
and South)
A link to Cynrik de Decker & Jean Louis Roba's site
Angelray books for all Wehrmacht related books, web resources, photos etc. And this is what they have kindly said about us extracted from their web resources pages; "... Sturmgruppen 1944: A very interesting and comprehensive site covering the operations of the Sturmgruppen, the elite fighter wings that defended the Reich against Allied bombers. The site includes a collection of articles that provide details on the pilots and units, several specific operations, and more. Very detailed narratives composed using numerous interviews with Luftwaffe and U.S. Army Air Force veterans are included. Many interesting and rare photographs of the men and machines..".
Richard Eger's fine Luftwaffe Archive, Research and Discussion site
The site for Focke Wulf 190 enthusiasts on the web. Andrew has kindly
posted some of my other Fw 190 drawings here. Other webmasters like them
enough to turn them into banners. See below
An excellent walkaround the Fw 190 at Hannover-Laatzen at the Dora9.de site
Besuchen Sie das Museum der Luftschlacht über dem Erzgebirge
Web site of Keith Ferris, current president of the American Society of Aviation Artists
Lela Presse is a French publishing company based in Boulogne dedicated to
aeronautics through three magazines and has become one of the most important
aeronautical publishers in France. Regular articles are published in 'Avions'
by such luminaries as Eric Mombeek & Jean Louis Roba Recent pieces include
Jean-Yves Lorant on JG 300 in Avions No 103; Roba on Donnerkeil,
Philippe Saintes on Hajo Herrmann and Otto Stamberger, Hans W Neulen on Lufthansa
39-45 etc
A new site from Jason Webb devoted to the 361st FG
Simon Schatz from Vienna. Models and some excellent profiles. Erstklassig
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"Die Luftwaffe im Modell" is from Wolfram Bradac, another modeller from Vienna!
Hear the BMW roar and feel the cannon hammer ! Customise your EAW here
