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Aces of the Reich: The Making of a Luftwaffe Fighter-Pilot
A Greenhill Book
First published in Great Britain in 2006 by Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Limited
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This paperback edition published in 2013 by Frontline Books
an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd,
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Copyright © Mike Spick, 2006
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accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
ISBN: 978-1-84832-722-1
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Prologue
1 The Richthofen Legacy
2 The Commanders
3 The Fledglings
4 The Fighter Force
5 Victory by Day
6 The Conflict Widens
7 Strategic Defence
8 The Net Closes
9 New Weapons, Old Errors
10 Five Minutes to Midnight
11 The
Experten
(1)
12 The
Experten
(2)
13 The
Experten
(3)
References
ILLUSTRATIONS
Photographs
Alfred Galland
Hermann Graf with Willi Messerschmitt
Walter Nowotny
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer with Helmut Lent
‘Franzl’ Lützow with Wilhelm Balthasar
‘Jochen’ Müncheberg with film star Carola Höhn
Herbert Ihlefeld with RAF pilot Howard Squire
Otto Schulz
Günther Rall with Walter ‘Graf Punski’ Krupinski
Wilhelm Batz with Gerd Barkhorn and Otto Fönnekold
Werner Streib
Erich Hohagen
Johannes ‘Macky’ Steinhoff
Horst ‘Jakob’ Tietzen
Kurt Bühligen with Adolf Dickfeld and Erich Rudorffer
Otto Kittel
Theodor Weißenberger
Dietrich Hrabak
Hannes Trautloft
Helmut Lipfert
Walter ‘Guile’ Oesau
Graphs and Diagrams
The Break
The Sandwich
The
Abschwung
Aircraft Guns: projectile weight/rate of fire
Second World War Fighters: comparative weights of fire
Aircraft Guns: weight of fire/muzzle velocity
Angle-off Shooting
Variations on a
Staffel
Formation
Comparison of Bf 109E vs Spitfire IA and Hurricane I: maximum level
speed/altitude
Comparison of Bf 109E vs Spitfire IA and Hurricane I: sustained rate of
climb/altitude
Comparison of Bf 109E vs Spitfire IA: Acceleration/CL
max
Deflection Shooting
Gun Attack Angles
Comparison of Bf 109E vs Spitfire IA: Minimum radius sustained turn
The Effect of Speed on Turn Radius
Boxing
Radar Interpretation
Limiting Mach Numbers: Me 262 vs Allied Fighters
The Roller-Coaster
The Up-and-Under Attack

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