The ME 262 Stormbird : from the pilots who flew, fought, and survived it /: from the pilots who flew, fought, and survived it. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Messerchmidt 262 Stormbird
• Further Information: Note: Colin D. Heaton.
• Other Names: Heaton, Colin D
• Contents: Too little, too late -- On the drawing board -- Test flights -- In the field -- Competition and innovation -- The stormbird takes wing -- A questionable political decision -- First encounters -- Challenges of the jet -- Night and day -- Fighting the fighters -- Fighting the bombers -- Kommando Mowotny -- The death of Nowotny -- Kommando Nowotny carries on -- Victories in the face of defeat -- Allied forces fight back -- The last death throes of JG-7 -- Galland and the squadron of experts -- The loss of Steinhoff -- Back in the air -- Galland's last mission -- The end of the war and JV-44 -- Operations Lusty and Paperclip : the post-war scramble for jets -- Appendix 1 : "My last mission / by Joe Petersbur -- Appendix 2 : German ranks and medals -- Appendix 3 -- Additional ME 262 data.
• Publisher Details: Minneapolis : MBI Pub. Co
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 940.54/4943; Messerschmitt 262 (Jet fighter plane); Fighter pilots -- Germany -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations; HISTORY -- Military -- World War II; Military operations, Aerial; Fighter pilots; Messerschmitt 262 (Jet fighter plane); Germany; Electronic books; Biographies; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781610584340; 1610584341; 1299928250; 9781299928251
• Related ISBNs: 9780760342633; 0760342636
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-299).; Note: Print version record.
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