German Jet Aces of World War 2 - Osprey/Del Prado - Aircraft of the Aces 27 AFV72 degenerate remnants of a once-great

degenerate remnants of a once-great warrior people

who defy their enemies on the battlefield at the head of their warband

Through a host of variations and modifications

and 5 command and a casualty

Thunderbolt

German Jet Aces of World War 2 - Osprey/Del Prado - Aircraft of the Aces 27 AFV72 degenerate remnants of a once-greatThe Third Reich's last ditch efforts to sweep the massed Allied bomber formations from the skies of Germany centred around the new crop of jet 'wonder weapons' that were issued to the Jagdwaffe from mid 1944 onwards. Far in advance of anything the Allies had even in the experimental phase, types like the Me 262, He 162, Me 163 and the Ar 234 could perform their combat sorties with relative impunity. However, paucity in numbers and unreliable jet