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"Whether you are a historian or modeler, Fw 190 Defence of the Reich Aces is certain to please you. With the amount of authoritative detailed information, clarity of delivery, and abundance of outstanding photographs and images, I absolutely recommend this book!" - Frederick Boucher, AeroScale
"For the modeler, the book presents a lot of information, including 32 color profiles with lengthy explanations in the appendix. For the historian, a graphic account of the campaign is given, along with reasons for the outcome ... Don’t miss out on this one. It’s a keeper. Highly recommended." -Brian R. Baker, IPMS/USA
"There is no other narrowed focus of the FW 190 aircraft, making this a special pick that blends previously unpublished photos with aviation and military history key to any aviation or military library." -The Midwest Book Review
"For the modeler, the book presents a lot of information, including 32 color profiles with lengthy explanations in the appendix. For the historian, a graphic account of the campaign is given, along with reasons for the outcome ... Don’t miss out on this one. It’s a keeper. Highly recommended." -Brian R. Baker, IPMS/USA
"There is no other narrowed focus of the FW 190 aircraft, making this a special pick that blends previously unpublished photos with aviation and military history key to any aviation or military library." -The Midwest Book Review
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This title is the natural conclusion to the collection of titles chronicling the exploits of the fighter pilots of the German Luftwaffe of World War 2 that has been part of - and contributed in some small measure to the success of - Osprey's long running Aircraft of the Aces series. Since the first appearance of Aircraft of the Aces 2 back in 1994, a further ten titles by various authors have been published on German fighters and their pilots. Together, these provide a comprehensive and unique overview of all the famous names (together with some lesser-known ones) who flew fighters 'for the other side' during the war . . . all, that is, except for one final category - those who were operationally on the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in the defense of their own homeland during the later stages of the conflict from mid 1942 to May 1945.
There has not been a work in either English or German - to the writer's knowledge - that deals specifically with this particular subject. Combining a selection of previously unpublished black and white photographs and color profiles, it admirably fulfills two roles - standing on its own, it provides something entirely new for the aviation historian and/or modeler, while as part of Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces collection, it closes the one remaining gap in the coverage of the Luftwaffe's World War 2 fighter pilots and their frontline operations.
There has not been a work in either English or German - to the writer's knowledge - that deals specifically with this particular subject. Combining a selection of previously unpublished black and white photographs and color profiles, it admirably fulfills two roles - standing on its own, it provides something entirely new for the aviation historian and/or modeler, while as part of Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces collection, it closes the one remaining gap in the coverage of the Luftwaffe's World War 2 fighter pilots and their frontline operations.
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Luftwaffe Viermot Killers: Nice Idea...Needs More Pages!
23. Februar 2011
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Author-illustrator John Weal wraps up his coverage of Luftwaffe Defence of the Reich aces with this 2010 Osprey release, covering those FW 190 pilots who downed five or more 'furniture vans' (B-17s/B-24s) in the course of air defense ops beginning in January 1943. Over 50 such pilots including such luminaries as Heinz Bar, 'Gulle' Oesau and Hans Ehlers made ace against the American bombers, 26 of them paying for that distinction with their lives.
The Focke Wulf 190, with its heavy cannon armament and sturdy construction, was much better suited in the role of bomber destroyer than its Bf 109 stablemate. As borne out in Weal's book, time and again, FW 190 pilots like Gunther Specht, Hans Pancritius and Alwin Doppler were able to savage the formations of unescorted 8th and 15th AF formations in 1943 and early 1944. However, when American escort fighters, especially P-51s, began appearing, the 'happy times' for the Butcher Bird pilots came to an end. Veteran pilots like Erwin Clausen, Anton-Rudolf Piffer, Egon Mayer and others were KIA or WIA, the last Viermot ace - Wilhelm Hofmann - being lost on 26 March 1945.
In the past, I've commented that certain Osprey titles really deserved more pages to adequately tell the story. FW 190 DEFENCE OF THE REICH ACES is my latest case in point. In trying to detail the exploits of those 50-odd pilots, Weal's text is reduced to a litany of very brief highlights of some of their combat careers - first Viermot kill, 5th kill, their death/wounding, etc...and, frankly, those men deserve better. Weal himself acknowledges the space crunch on page 67.
I debated about a three-star rating for that reason. However, since the book did provide information on FW 190 aces that was new to me and also had a number of "new" photographs, I went with four. The color profiles are pristine as usual; I was surprised that Weal didn't include any long-nose FW 190Ds but that's just me. Mark Postlethwaite's cover art was super!
In any case, FW 190 DEFENCE OF THE REICH ACES is a nicely-illustrated overview to the subject but it really could have used another five or six pages. Recommended with reservations.
The Focke Wulf 190, with its heavy cannon armament and sturdy construction, was much better suited in the role of bomber destroyer than its Bf 109 stablemate. As borne out in Weal's book, time and again, FW 190 pilots like Gunther Specht, Hans Pancritius and Alwin Doppler were able to savage the formations of unescorted 8th and 15th AF formations in 1943 and early 1944. However, when American escort fighters, especially P-51s, began appearing, the 'happy times' for the Butcher Bird pilots came to an end. Veteran pilots like Erwin Clausen, Anton-Rudolf Piffer, Egon Mayer and others were KIA or WIA, the last Viermot ace - Wilhelm Hofmann - being lost on 26 March 1945.
In the past, I've commented that certain Osprey titles really deserved more pages to adequately tell the story. FW 190 DEFENCE OF THE REICH ACES is my latest case in point. In trying to detail the exploits of those 50-odd pilots, Weal's text is reduced to a litany of very brief highlights of some of their combat careers - first Viermot kill, 5th kill, their death/wounding, etc...and, frankly, those men deserve better. Weal himself acknowledges the space crunch on page 67.
I debated about a three-star rating for that reason. However, since the book did provide information on FW 190 aces that was new to me and also had a number of "new" photographs, I went with four. The color profiles are pristine as usual; I was surprised that Weal didn't include any long-nose FW 190Ds but that's just me. Mark Postlethwaite's cover art was super!
In any case, FW 190 DEFENCE OF THE REICH ACES is a nicely-illustrated overview to the subject but it really could have used another five or six pages. Recommended with reservations.
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Defence of the Reich
20. Juli 2011
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With FW190 Defence of the Reich Aces, John Weal has attempted to cover an immense subject covering the largest aerial battles the world has seen. I agree with previous reviews that although Mr Weal has done a good job, many more pages would be required to adequately cover the 3 years of this titanic struggle. I however did notice the lack of mention of the premier anti-viermot unit, JG300, which included many viermot victors including Walter Dahl and Konrad 'Pitt' Bauer (He of the legendary battle with 8 Mustangs alone in his outclassed Sturmbok during which he destroyed 3 of his foe, which surely is worth mentioning! Not to mention his viermot victories) Also those who fought, and in a surprising number of instances, were very successful against the Mustangs, Thunderbolts and Lightning has received little mention. Men like Wilhelm Steinmann, Heinz Baer, Wilhelm Hoffman, Hans Dortenmann and Adolf Glunz, amongst others, were in this later class. The surprise exception to this is the mention of the battles of 5 December, 1944 inwhich the Jagdwaffe inflicted heavy losses on the Mustang escorts (not included in this edition were the Bf109 units engaged, particularly JG11 who had great success in these battles) Information on these battles from the US side is very difficult to find! Overall with the sheer scope of the task facing him I feel Mr Weal has done a good job.
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Fw 190 Defense of the Reich Aces
9. April 2011
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I find it most unfortunate John Weal, mostly, ignored the experten Georg-Peter Eder when he wrote this book. Also the cover falsely gives the expectation the reader will see and read a lot about the Fw-190D-9, which even though it was flown in 1944 and 1945 is hardly even mentioned in this book and with no color plates at all. Adolf Galland, flying in the 'Dora 9' approached a bomber box and was chased down to the deck by a P-38, which almost killed him, but again no mention of this or much about Georg-Peter Eder, who was a top bomber killer, jet 'ace' and bomber attack innovator.
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