Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Aces of the Russian Front (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces, No 6)

Binding: Paperback
Creator: Mike Chappell
ASIN: 1855325187
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
Release Date: 1995-09-11
Average Customer Review: (From 7 total reviews)
List Price: ~~$22.95~~
Amazon Price: $11.37 (14 new 15 used available)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours (Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping)

Price is accurate as of the date/time indicated. Prices and product availability are subject to change. Any price displayed on the Amazon web site at the time of purchase will govern the sale of this product.

Editorial Reviews

Product Description:
Of all the fronts fought on by the Jagdflieger during World War 2, the Russian, or Eastern, was easily the most lucrative in terms of targets for the experten. Marry an abundance of targets with the Luftwaffe’s best piston-engined fighter of the war – Focke-Wulf’s Fw 190 ‘Butcher Bird’ – and it quickly becomes apparent why so many Jagdflieger achieved kills that passed the 100 victories mark. Flying in variable weather on a battlefront that was constantly changing, the Fw 190 pilots fought virtually to extinction in both the pure fighter and the crucial Schlacht ground attack roles.

Customer Reviews

Nasty by E. A. Costa
The subject is cool, but like other books written by John Weal is very boring. I deeply regret to buy.

Mr. Holmes of the Hurricanes Aces series should have done this book. by Hercule Poirot
I don’t know why there is a separate chapter on lesser known FW-190 Aces of the Russian Front just like the one that exists in the book Spitfire Mark V Aces, 1941-1945. Grant, there are too many German Focke Wulf Aces but there is still a number of them that achieve of all or most of their victories flying the Focke Wulf 190. The book should have a list of German aces who score their victories while flying the Focke-Wulf 190 just like the Hurricane Aces series plus have more aircraft plates of the lesser Focke-Wolf aces with 50 victories or less, survive the war and did not die in the postwar so quickly. Mr. Tony Holmes of the Hurricane Aces series should have been the writer of this book. He would have done a superb job.

A RICHLY FASCINATING STORY OF THE FW-190 ON THE OSTFRONT by W. MONTGOMERY
Osprey has produced a first-class book on what was, arguably, one of the finest, most versatile fighter planes to see combat in the Second World War. The Focke-Wulf 190 was rugged, capable of taking enormous punishment in combat (the chapter describing the service of FW-190s in the Schlachtgruppen bears this out), and excelled at low to medium-level altitudes, which was typical of aerial combat on the Ostfront.

This book offers an excellent overview of the operating and handling characteristics of the FW-190. And it also provides interesting accounts by some of the pilots who flew the FW-190 on the Ostfront.

Interesting by Redman
This was interesting in a historical aspect and helpful in the modelling aspect.

Fly aircraft

aircraft