Luftwaffe Night Fighter Aces
Battling the Allies’ Bombers: Night Fighter Pilots Awarded the Knight’s Cross in WW2
$70.79
- Hardcover
232 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2026
Summary
This is a study of the seventy Luftwaffe night fighter aces who were awarded the Knight’s Cross and its higher grades between 1940 and 1945. Of this number, two were night fighter pilots who were awarded the Knight’s Cross with Diamonds, while another two who were awarded the Knight’s Cross with Swords, and twenty-four who were awarded the Oakleaves.
The top German night fighter ace was Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, who alone shot down 119 aircraft; he was one of only two night fighter pi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781036140489 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1036140482 |
| Author: | Jeremy Dixon |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 450g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 160mm x 240mm |
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Jeremy Dixon
Jeremy Dixon has been interested in Nazi Germany for over thirty-five years and has written several books on the subject.
His first book, Commanders of Auschwitz, detailed the careers of the SS officers who served at Auschwitz concentration camp. It was followed by books dealing with Luftwaffe generals who won the Knight’s Cross, a two-volume study of recipients of Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, and a third which details the holders who served in the Fallschirmjäger, Germany’s elite parachute unit. His most recent publication is The U-Boat Commanders: Knight’s Cross Holders 1939-1945.
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