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JAGDGESCHWADER 3 UDET IN WWII STAB AND IJG 3 IN ACTION WITH THE MESSERSCHMITT BF 109
Book Type: C, O By Jochen Prien & Gerhard Stemmer. Begins with a brief account of the Stab from the time of its formation in 1938 until it reequipped on the Fw 190 in the summer of 1944, then follows the operational history of I Gruppe, beginning with the first unit to bear the designation I/JG 3, which was formed in autumn 1938, fought in the French campaign, the Battle of Britain, and Operation Barbarossa, and then in January 1942 was redesignated as II/JG 1 and left the Geschwader to join Jagdgeschwader 1, then being formed. A description of the operational history of the new I/JG 3 "Udet" which was formed in the beginning of 1942, then served a tough and costly tour of duty in the Defense of the Reich and over the Western Front before seeing several weeks of desperate defensive action in the east of the Reich, over 350 b/w photos and line drawings, huge oversize book. 400 pp. 
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