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Originally Posted by Jochen Prien
as far as I know some years ago Fritz Engau of I./JG 11 has published his experiences as a fighter pilot flying the Fw 190 both on home defense and in France against the allied invasion.
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Excellent suggestion by Jochen. The title is "Frontal durch die Bomberpulks: 1944 Reichsverteidigung - Normandie-Invasion - Deutsche Jagdflieger in ihren schwersten Kämpfen."
I'd forgotten about this one because I'd placed it in a different category. It's actually a combination of an autobiography, a unit history of I./JG 11, and a general treatise on the air war in the West during 1944.
This book is definitely the best match for your original request. It's detailed and wide-ranging, and it includes discussions of other books covering this theater. Its 275 pages contain a good number of photos, diagrams and documents, plus some tables. Highly recommended.
FYI, Engau initially served in II./NJG 1, together with Heinz Schnaufer. His other book, "Nachtjäger, Bomber, Wolken und Sterne", is an account of this earlier period, and it also serves as a biography of Schnaufer.
Leon Venter