Aces of the Reich - The Making of a Luftwaffe Fighter-Pilot, Mike Spick.

A half-way house between a history of the Luftwaffe and a convention 'aces' book, starting with an examination of the history, commanders and aircraft of the Luftwaffe before moving on to a combat history that traces the contribution of the experten and finished with a series of potted biographies of a variety of different 'types'.
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