Luftwaffe Victory Markings 1939-45

A fully illustrated overview of Luftwaffe victory markings in World War II. This book provides an overview of the victory markings painted on the fins and rudders of the planes of the German day fighter and night fighter aircraft between 1939 and 1945, and demonstrates how these were applied in reality through the profiles of nineteen pilots, including some of the most emblematic pilots of the Luftwaffe: Hans Troitzsch, Johannes Gentzen, Frank Liesendahl, Wilhelm Balthasar, Otto Bertram, Joachim Muncheberg, Karl-Heinz Koch, Kurt Kuddel Ubben, Felix-Maria Brandis, Fiffi Stahlschmidt, Franz-Josef Beerenbrock, Heinrich Setz, Walter Gulle Oesau, Max-Hellmuth Ostermann, Heinrich Bartels, Fritz Dinger, Martin Drewes, Egmont zur Lippe-Weissenfeld and Ludwig Meister.
150 photographs and illustrations