Wilde Sau Nightfighters, 9781472861948
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German nightfighters rise: Desperate measures against Allied bombing raids.

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    96 pages

  • Release Date

    31 March 2025

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Summary

Hunting in the Dark: The Story of Wilde Sau Nightfighters

An illustrated exploration of the development, technology, and operations of Wilde Sau fighters in the night skies over Germany during the Defence of the Reich.

In July 1943, the Nachtjagdverband’s defence of Germany from the RAF’s increasingly effective night bombing campaign was nearly brought to a standstill. ‘Window’ – strips of paper with aluminium foil covering one side – had been introduced, d…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472861948
ISBN-10:1472861949
Series:Combat Aircraft
Author:Martin Streetly, Gareth Hector, Janusz Swiatlon
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Osprey Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:96
Release Date:31 March 2025
Weight:320g
Dimensions:246mm x 184mm x 6mm
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Critics Review

A very useful addition on a subject seldom given detailed coverage. * Flypast Magazine *A very useful addition on a subject seldom given detailed coverage. * The Aviation Historian *An excellent reference source * Scale Aircraft Modelling *With excellent production values, and content which is well researched, written and presented, this book comes very highly recommended. * Iron Cross Magazine *Anyone interested in Luftwaffe operations and organisations will find plenty of reading on a topic that doesn’t get great coverage in print. * Hyperscale *A surprising and appreciated feature of this particular title is the 12-page section of pilot biographies which is fascinating. * Aviation News *

About The Author

Martin Streetly

Martin Streetly is a full-time author who specialises in the history, technology and application of defence electronics. His career in military and aviation publishing spans 36 years.

Gareth Hector has worked on numerous Osprey aviation titles over the past 18 years, producing some of the finest battlescene and cover artwork seen in these volumes.

Based in Poland, Janusz Swiatlon has produced artwork for a variety of British and European publications for many years.

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