Title: |
I./NJG 2 |
Author: |
Marek Murawski |
Publisher |
Kagero |
Price |
$ |
Reviewer: |
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Notes: | Miniatury Lotnicze #10 ISBN:83-89088-20-7 |
Once again, Kagero
has chosen a most interesting subject for their aviation unit histories. This
particular one is about I./NJG2. You may wonder why it is about just a single
gruppe instead of the entire geschwader. Well, I./NJG 2 was pretty much alone in
the long range night fighter business. Their job was to do intruder work over
the UK and shoot down British bombers as they took off or returned from their
missions. The main aircraft type was the Ju-88C-4 and Do-17Z-10. As befits night
fighters of 1940-41, they were painted matte black and were basically without
radar. Their missions were long and generally quite successful. So successful
were they, that the British stopped night training for bomber crews for fear
that they would be shot down by the German night fighters. Naturally, the
Luftwaffe High Command in general and Hitler in particular decided to stop the
missions just as they were showing a real effect on the British. They had
thought that the long range night intruders would completely stop British
bombing raids. As a result of unfettered ability to operate, the bombing raids
just got worse. A brief attempt to restart the missions was done in early 1945,
but by then it was way too late to do anything about the mass of British and
American bombers.
This Kagero book is in the usual format of others in the series. This one is 80 pages, card bound, dual Polish and English language, profiles in the center and covers, and the goodie. This time it is etched cockpit bits for the Ju-88C-4 in both 1/72 and 1/48 by Part.
I found the book to be fascinating and a look at a part of the Luftwaffe that has never really gotten a lot of press. If you like the subject, then I'm sure you'll like this one.
Purchased by me.
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