14-02-2007, 12:44 PM
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| Anybody got a copy of "Duel for the Sky" by Shores?
From a review: Quote:
According to the author, the first day of the Battle of Kursk marked the single heaviest day of aircraft losses during the war with the Germans claiming 432 Soviet aircraft shot down and Soviets claiming at least 300 Luftwaffe planes destroyed. Both sides also claimed devastating losses to enemy armor by tank busters.
Shores supports his account of the air battle at Kursk with assorted photos, a map of the front lines, tables of approximate air strength for each side, a table of "Red Air Fleet Order of Battle, July 1943" at Kursk, "Soviet Air Regiments Identified" (with subordinations and commanders, where known), a Luftwaffe OB for July 1943 at Kursk, a sidebar of "The Aces at Kursk" (with photos and scores), and another sidebar entitled "Main Aircraft Types Employed during the Battle for Kursk".
| As an aside, a for those interested in the air-war on the Eastern Front, some new books will be coming out over the next year or so: Stalingrad: The Air Battle |
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