J. Weal

Tracing its roots to Manfred, Freiherr von Richthofen's 'Flying Circus' of WWI, the Jagdgeschwader 'Richthofen' is arguably the most famous fighter unit of all time. Designated JG 1 during the Great W...

JG 51 is another of the Luftwaffe's top wartime fighter units whose story has never been told in English. The unit's history encapsulates the fortunes of the Luftwaffe's fighter arm as a whole - the h...

Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52) was the most successful and highest-scoring fighter unit, not just in Germany?s World War 2 Luftwaffe, but in the entire annals of aviation history. No other fighter group ha...

One of the most successful of the high-scoring Luftwaffe Jagdgeschwader during World War 2, JG 54 ?GrĂźnherz? (Green Hearts) was formed from three disparate fighter 'Gruppen' immediately prior to the ...

The Ju 87 Stuka was the most feared weapon in the German arsenal in the first year of World War 2, the Luftwaffe using it to deadly effect during the Blitzkrieg between September 1939 and June 1940. A...

The 'terror weapon' of the invasion of Poland, the assault on Scandinavia and the Blitzkrieg through western Europe, the Ju 87 Stuka had had its reputation severely dented during the Battle of Britain...

This final volume of the Osprey trilogy on the infamous Luftwaffe dive-bomber charts its fortunes in the toughest theater of all: the Eastern Front. The fearsome reputation that the Stuka had enjoyed ...