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The first in this two-volume series will provide all aviation historians with an exhaustive reference work on all the Luftwaffe's dive-bomber and ground-attack units, including information on operations. All 16 Stuka Geschwader, 17 ground-attack and 20 night-harassment units are covered along with their component staff flights and Gruppen and specialist anti-tank units. The two volumes are divided into the early and late phases of the war, and cover pre-war formation, designation and reorganization until the demise of the Luftwaffe, with lists of key operations, locations, bases and transfers together with a comprehensive breakdown of theaters of operations, key battles and missions flown and aircraft types that were flown by each unit. In addition there are detailed listings of unit commanders including dates and locations of the commands. A wealth of illustration throughout shows aircraft types, unit markings, close ups of unit emblems and badges and commanders, many of which in color and have never been seen before. These books are the product of many years research by the authors, both of whom are highly respected experts in this field, and present highly detailed information in this form for the first time.

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This is the first volume on the subject and the coverage is broken down to look at all the various dive-bomber units as well as the concepts and development of this type of aviation by the Luftwaffe. Each unit, from IV (Stuka)/LG.I through to St.G.262, is covered. The title also includes the initial look at the Schlachtfliegerverbander (Ground-attack Formations) and has the same type of coverage of three units within this field. There is a detailed narrative history for each unit combined with period images and colour reproductions of the unit badges. There is also some nice technical coverage, with period diagrams and images, of the Hs I29 and Ju 87. An ideal title for anyone interested in these aspects of Luftwaffe operations in WWII -- Model Aircraft International –July 2010

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This is the first volume on the subject and the coverage is broken down to look at all the various dive-bomber units as well as the concepts and development of this type of aviation by the Luftwaffe. Each unit, from IV (Stuka)/LG.I through to St.G.262, is covered. The title also includes the initial look at the Schlachtfliegerverbander (Ground-attack Formations) and has the same type of coverage of three units within this field. There is a detailed narrative history for each unit combined with period images and colour reproductions of the unit badges. There is also some nice technical coverage, with period diagrams and images, of the Hs I29 and Ju 87. An ideal title for anyone interested in these aspects of Luftwaffe operations in WWII -- Model Aircraft International –July 2010

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