[La Kampfgeschwader 54. L'escadre à la tête de mort - Tome II] Nouveau La Kampfgeschwader 54. L'escadre à la tête de mort - Tome II

[Nick Beale]

I'd have thought 'Steinbock' virtually finished it off.

No argument about that, it's just that in the High Commnads eyes its days as a viable force appear to have been numbered even before Steinbock proved so costly.

[leonventer]

Originally Posted by FalkeEins

.. there are indeed a number of good books on Steinbock. A personal favourite is Jean-Louis Roba's title for Lela Presse in the BA series.

Holy moly, I was remiss in not mentioning that one!

Yes, Batailles Aeriennes #83 is an outstanding resource on Steinbock. It contains:

• a detailed, raid-by-raid chronology
• a complete Luftwaffe loss list for the campaign
• the best pictorial coverage available.

The French put out some excellent magazines, especially Aero Journal, Batailles Aeriennes, and Avions. I buy the ones with interesting Luftwaffe content, but then I often forget to consult them, as in this case...

Thanks for the reminder.

Regards,
Leon Venter

[Siko54]

Have just received my copy and wow! This is a mighty and very weighty publication indeed - nearly 400 pages, hundreds of photos, Flugbuch/wehrpass scans and various annexes. I can’t really do it justice here but this is an absolutely incredible unit history and without a doubt the final word on KG54. It’s a shame it’s in French but google translate works well and very grateful that Mr Taghon and Lela Presse have published it in any language! Congrats

[DDT]

Lucky you, I’ve (pre)-ordered vol I september last year, the book appeared in october, in november I sent an e-mail because still no book on my doorstep, filed a contact page on the Lela website in January, no answer yet…So I Am a bit reluctant to order Vol.II. Oh I miss Christian book Verlag…

Dirk

[FalkeEins]

Originally Posted by Siko54

Have just received my copy and wow! This is a mighty and very weighty publication indeed - nearly 400 pages, hundreds of photos..

650 according to the publisher. Cover photo shows "B3+AP" flown by Staffelführer of 6./KG 54 Oblt. Karl-Egon Hellwig. Hellwig and his crew were shot down over Kent on the evening of 21 January 1944, crashing at Sellindge (between Ashford and Folkestone). Hellwig was killed and his grave is in Hawkinge cemetery..