Название: Jagdgeschwader 53 'Pik-As'
Автор: John Weal
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Aviation Elite Units 25
ISBN: 978 1846032042
Год издания: 2007
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 128
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 5,6 MB
Arguably the archetypal Luftwaffe fighter unit of World War 2, JG 53 aircraft were encountered on almost every fighting front from the first day of hostilities until the last. Its famous and familiar "Ace of Spades" unit emblem, which was displayed throughout the war, has, in effect, become visual shorthand for the wartime German fighter arm, being seen on die-cast models, prints, illustrations and book covers the world over. During almost six years of near constant campaigning, JG 53 took a steady toll of Allied aircraft - French, British, Soviet and American - in every theater it fought over. Its aircraft were present in some of the fiercest aerial actions of the war - the Battle of Britain, El Alamein, Stalingrad, Normandy and the Defence of the Reich.
