[Don Caldwell]

Peter is to be congratulated for a very readable book. Its format is typical Mushroom: 80 pages packed to the margins with text, tables, photos, and color profiles.The "ordinary day" is 2 March 1945, and the scope is Luftwaffe activity against the Western Allies. Peter covers primarily the tactical fighters' opposition to 2nd TAF and the 9th Air Force, and the struggle of the conventional fighters of the RLV with the 8th Air Force. The ex-Wilde Sau fighters of JG 300 and JG 301 and the test unit JGr 10 were able to down only six heavy bombers and at most five fighters for the loss of 29 KIA + MIA, 10 WIA, and 43 Fw 190s + Bf 109s. On the very next day the jet unit JG 7 made its first mass attack against the heavies, taking over this task from the prop fighters, which flew only one more large-scale intercept mission.I recommend this reasonably-priced book for anyone interested in the late-war Luftwaffe fighter force or the RAF and USAAF in the ETO.Horrido!Don