Jagdflieger: Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot 1939-45 (Warrior) by Robert Stedman; Illustrator-Karl Kopinski - 2008-11-25

Osprey Publishing (UK), 2008. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Osprey Publishing, 2008. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. 7x0x9. Kopinski, Karl. First printing. An exceptional copy. 2008 Soft Cover. 64 pp. Osprey's survey of German fighter pilots of World War II (1939-1945). Fighter pilots have always been held in the highest regard and the Luftwaffe Fighter pilots or Experten were undoubtedly the best pilots in the world, often racking up huge scores when compared to Allied fighters. It is for this skill, the sheer number of kills they obtained and their glamour that they are remembered even today. But what of the men themselves' It took a certain type of man to brave the skies in 1939-45, which were often more dangerous than the battlefields below and where a lone fighter pilot was often reliant on an aircraft that was frighteningly basic and fragile. Over the years much has been written about these Luftwaffe aces, but this book seeks to examine the lives of the ordinary men who took to the skies. These men all shared the same "aggressive… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Osprey Pub Co, 2008. Paperback. New. 64 pages. 9.75x7.25x0.25 inches.