New Publication of JG 26 Luftwaffe Fighter Wing War Diary:

[JG27_brook]

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

[von Brühl]

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.

[Flyby]

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

[MD_Titus]

Originally Posted by Flyby

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.