Horrido! Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe

438 Pages·1979·63.35 MB·English

by  Raymond F. Toliver

A BANTAM WAR BOOK
FIGHTER ACES
OF THE LUFTWAFFE
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September 1, 1942. 0839 hours.
Twenty kilometerseast-southeastof
El Imayid a Spitfire crashes.
It is Capt. Hans-Joachim Marseille's
fourth victory oftheday.
By dusk hewill be credited
with twelve more.
Painting by Michael Turner

THE RECORD OF
THE LUFTWAFFE ACES
The amazing r—ecords of Germany's fighter aces of
World War II 107 pilots who scored more than
100victorieseach.
Now, in this carefully researched and impartial
account, Trevor J. Constable and Colonel
Raymond F. Toliver tell the fascinating story of
theLuftwaffe'sgreatestcombataces:
Erich Hartmann, whose 352 victories make
himthe "aceofaces."
HansMarseille, whodowned 61 enemy aircraftin
thesingle monthofSeptember 1942.
ColonelGerdBarkhorn,whose302victoriesmake
himtheonlyothermemberofthe"300club."
Plus scores of others whose records stand
unsurpassedinthehistoryofaerialcombat
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HORRIDO!
TREVOR CONSTABLE AND
J.
RAYMOND TOUVER
COL.
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Introductionby
Lieutenant General Adolf Galland
Generalof the FighterArm, 1941-45
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Aero editionpublishedOctober1977
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