Bf 109 Aces of the Russian Front (Aircraft of the Aces) (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces S., #37)

by John Weal

Iain Wyllie (Illustrator)

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The highest scoring aces of any aerial conflict were the Luftwaffe pilots involved in the bloody combats on the Russian Front. The most common fighter used by these pilots was the Bf 109, which was involved in the action from Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, through to the doomed Defence of the Reich in 1945. Units like JGs 5, 52 and 54 all flew the Messerschmitt fighter, progressing from Emil to Gustav variants. This volume includes all the high-scoring aces, and explains just how difficult a job the Jagdwaffe faced on the Russian Front, and how its experts achieved such overwhelming scores.
  • ISBN10 1782005285
  • ISBN13 9781782005285
  • Publish Date 20 October 2012 (first published 25 May 2001)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint Osprey Publishing