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Sto caricando le informazioni... The experimental units of Hitler's Condor Legion : German aircraft in action during the Spanish Civil Wardi RAFAEL A. PERMUY LÓPEZ
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At the start of the Spanish Civil War the nationalists sought help for their cause from Germany, following which volunteers from the German Air Force and Army formed what was called the Condor Legion. This force made a significant contribution to General Francos eventual victory and this included two experimental air units, known as VJ/88 and VB/88. The formers mission was to combat test the new monoplane fighters; the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Heinkel He 112. The latter groups task was to test the new twin-engine, retractable undercarriage bombers; the Heinkel He 111, the fast Dornier Do 17 and the Junkers Ju 86.The Heinkels made their combat debut on 9 March 1937, when they attacked Republican held airfields in support of the Battle of Guadalajara. The Heinkel proved superior to the two other German medium bombers, being both faster and carrying a heavier bomb load. Likewise, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was quickly found to be the better of the two fighters. This book aims to examine the history of the men and machines that served in those units. The Fhrer thought the matter over. I urged him to give support [to Franco] under all circumstances, firstly, in order to prevent the further spread of communism in that theatre and, secondly, to test my young Luftwaffe at this opportunity in this or that technical respect.Herman Gring at the Nuremberg War Trials. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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![]() GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)946.08148History and Geography Europe Spain and Iberian Peninsula Spain Second Republic; Dictatorship; Juan Carlos I; Felipe VI 1931- Second Republic; Spanish Civil WarClassificazione LCVotoMedia:![]()
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Book covers two experimental squadrons - fighter and bomber squadron - and their history in terms of operations they were involved in during Spanish Civil War, and plane models they flew on.
These experimental units were used as initial test-beds for new planes (i.e. Bf109, He111, Do17), to gauge the airplane performance and identify the weak spots in designs (especially in case of Ju86).
Some of the airplanes, on the other hand, were intentionally pushed to encourage Franco's government to buy them (He112) since these were not meant to be purchased by German Luftwaffe.
That being said, book is collection of very good of photographs, art and lots of combat logs (airport and personal pilot diaries). Once models these squadrons flew on proved themselves and they became mainstream (so to say) experimental units were disbanded and made parts of other front line squadrons of Condor Legion.
Unfortunately there are no final thoughts on these models, except they performed well or they had some high risk issues (again Ju86). Every chapter just ends with respective experimental squadron being made part of "regular" Condor Legion squads.
Fighter squad is especially lacking details, we do not see any information on performance of Bf109 and He112 versus Republican fighter planes, we are just given reports on engine failures, bad landings and losses incurred this way.
It seems that book was published only for this very specific historical set-piece of interest (testing planes in live war scenarios) while any related information (as I said comparison of planes, performance, plus and minuses when compared against the opposition - you know, reason for experimenting) is expected to be found in some other book, within same series or by same publisher.
Due to this one star off.
With that being said, this is still interesting book about a very important part of development of military technology.
For air warfare enthusiasts recommended. (