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title: "Jagdverband 44: Squadron of Experten (Aviation Elite Units, 27)"
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# Jagdverband 44: Squadron of Experten (Aviation Elite Units, 27)

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Jagdverband 44: Squadron of Experten (Aviation Elite Units, 27)

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## Customer Reviews

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    MEET THE "SQUADRON OF EXPERTS"
  

*by K***T on Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2016*

Osprey Publishing has produced a richly fascinating book about a most unique German fighter unit --- Jagdverband 44 (JV 44) -- that was created in February 1945 "amidst political dissent within the leadership of the Luftwaffe."  Its commander was Adolf Galland, the youngest general officer in the German military, distinguished fighter ace, and General of the Jagdwaffe (Fighter Arm) until his dismissal in January 1945.  Galland's goal in setting up JV 44 was to prove the efficacy of the Messerschmitt ME 262 jet fighter in the purely fighter role in combat.  (The deployment of the ME 262 in combat had been delayed because of Hitler's insistence that it be used as a bomber.)  To this end, Galland recruited some of the most highly skilled and experienced fighter pilots -- officers and NCOs alike --- to fly the ME 262 in combat over Austria and Southern Germany, where JV 44 was based during  most of its 3-month existence.This book also provides  a richly detailed history of JV 44's activities as well as lots of interesting photos and illustrations of the various unit personnel, pilots, and aircraft.  It's a winner and for any reader wanting to know more about this "Squadron of Experts",  this is a good place from which to start.

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    Revisiting the Galland Circus in Action!
  

*by M***R on Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2008*

In 1996 Classic Publications published Robert Forsyth's excellent - near definitive - history of Adolf Galland's Me 262-equipped JV 44. In 2008 Osprey Publishing lured Forsyth back to take another crack at Galland's Circus. The result is JAGDVERBAND 44, a comprehensive, well-illustrated unit history that supplements Forsyth's original book while standing on its own as an excellent overview of the Luftwaffe's most illustrious squadron.The details of JV 44's life and death, as detailed in JAGDVERBAND 44,  are fairly well known. Set up to demonstrate that the Me 262 could be the superior fighter Galland had always claimed it was, JV 44 led a nomadic existence in the rapidly disintegrating Reich. Moving from base to base, drawing aircraft and personnel -including top aces like Steinhoff, Lutzow and Bar  - from a variety of sources, Galland and his meager staff grappled with effective tactics. The squadron went into action in late March 1945.Forsyth certainly packed a lot of information in the book's 120-odd pages. Along with insightful details on many of JV 44's "stars," he recounts the logistical effort of trying to set up and operate the unit, the various missions flown not to mention the unbelievable political intrigues swirling around JV 44 as the Third Reich disintegrated.Likewise, JAGDVERBAND 44 is brimming with illustrations. It contains 130 photographs of pilots and aircraft along with six pages of marvelous Jim Laurier artwork depicting the units's Me 262s, FW 190s and even a Siebel 204!Having said all that, I would have given Forsyth's book 4 1/2 stars if that was possible. JV 44 was set up to prove the Me 262 was a superior fighter. Although Forsyth recounts the missions flown by the unit, he makes no effort in the book's final pages to analyze what the unit achieved and whether they did, in fact, prove the Me 262 was a superior fighter. Other sources indicated JV 44 downed 45-50 Allied aircraft; is that JV 44's legacy?In any case, JADGVERBAND 44  is compelling history and one of Osprey's better 'Aviation Elite Units' entries. Luftwaffe enthusiasts will want to snap this one up. Highly recommended.

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    Interesting intro into the history of a unique unit.
  

*by K***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2013*

I'm not a big fan of the Third Reich but I am also a sucker for WWI/WWII high tech and JV 44 did consist mostly of people who had butted heads with the Nazi leadership so that gave me an excuse to buy this book. I had always wanted to know more about JV-44 and this book gave me an overview of its history without going into too much detail. It's a nice overview, it is also worth reading since it gives you an idea what the Me-262 could do in the hands of really experienced pilots and what problems they had with this revolutionary aircraft. This included things you would not expect to be a problem at first glance, such as the fact that pilots consistently underestimated the speed of the 262 which led to several near collisions and at least one actual collision of an Me-262 with enemy aircraft being attacked while pilots were busy performing simple one or two second tasks like flipping a switch or checking their instrumentation.

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