Jagdgeschwader 5

Jagdgeschwader 5

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Jagdgeschwader 5

The Luftwaffe�s JG 5 �Eismeerj_ger� in World War II




Author:Werner Girbig
Language:English text
Format:Hardback
Dimensions:6" x 9"
Pages:320
Photos:over 200 bw images
Publisher:Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN:9780764342721



Created from elements of I./JG 77 and IV./JG 1 in January 1942, Jagdgeschwader 5 �Eismeer� is one of the lesser-known German fighter units of the Second World War. It nevertheless had an impressive operational history, as this book shows. The unit�s successes were equally great. The Geschwader�s ranks included a number of outstanding fighter pilots who marked JG 5 and accounted for a large percentage of its victories: names like Bartels, Brunner, Carganico, D_brich, D_rr, Ehrler, Linz, Mors, M�ller, Norz, Schuck and Wei_enberger will always be associated with JG 5. Produced on the initiative of the Eismeerj_ger Veterans Association, this account of operations by JG 5 is intended to further round out the history of the German fighter arm and provide the reader with a picture of the fighting in the far north.