Description

For this special edition the publishers have assembled from their archive and the collections of their contributors a selection of outstanding photographs, the majority of which have never been published before. 88 photos – thereof 6 in colour. Contents include:
• The English Channel – Feared by German Fighter Pilots (main article main article covering various topics).
• They Failed to Return – And Became Prisoners of War.
• Aerial Combat over the Thames Estuary – The Staffelkapitän of 1./ZG 26 Is Forced to Come Down “In the Drink”.
• Photos with a Story: The He 111 and Ju 88 Balloon-Cable Fender Aircraft in Action over England, Correcting a long-standing factual distortion.
• Aircraft in Focus: The “Old Channel Kites” – Pushed Off On the Replacement Training Staffeln.
• Scenery: He 111 of KG 100 – Emergency Landing and Subsequent Take-Off.
• Fates: 4.(F)/14 – “5F + MM”, An Unlucky Aircraft Code.
• Fates: Rammed Preparing for Take-off – Fate of a Staffelkapitän.
• Photos with a story: The Speculation about Luftflotte 2’s Command Post Is Over! First private photos of the command post Cäsar II at Sangatte

English/German text.