New Publication of JG 26 Luftwaffe Fighter Wing War Diary:
 

Volume one

http://www.stackpolebooks.com/produc...wing-war-diary

Volume Two
http://www.stackpolebooks.com/produc...wing-war-diary

Well worth a read also is 12th SS war diary around the battle of Caen and is a Division's history with a balanced mix of both tactical and strategic in the Normandy campaign, reading the book at a the tactical level from with in the unites, from infantry to tanks was great


Volume One
http://www.stackpolebooks.com/produc...&title=12th-ss

Volume Two

http://www.stackpolebooks.com/produc...e=12th-ss,-the

Their description is off, 7./JG26 spent time both in the Mediterranean (they were only unit there until JG27 arrived, and they had a tremendous kill ratio vs the RAF there) and in Yugoslavia in support of the Eastern campaign early on. JG26 did not spend the entire time in the West.

one of my most dog-ear'ed paperback books is "JG26/Top Guns of the Luftwaffe" by Don Caldwell. I guess I've read it a dozen times. It gives the reader a sense of what it's like to fight against ever-increasing odds, against ever improving aircraft. Eventually, the JG was hounded by radar-directed Allied fighters (western-Allied bases were established on the continent by late in the war). Desperate stuff.
Flyby out

i managed to find a hardback copy of that for about £7 in a local bookshop. engrossing read.