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In the following lists of books, a unit or airfield may appear in chapters or sections rather than the whole book. Many of these books are out of print. These books are NOT available from BAAC, but the best place to start tracking a title down is through the various online booksellers. Please email us if you know of any books with chapters about specific squadrons, other units or airfields - particularly biographical ones! If you've read any books listed under unknown RAF units, please email which units are mentioned.

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The following list gives details of books which are either entirely about or give reference to specific Luftwaffe units.

A/B 72

  • Walter Waiss 'Überlebt - Das Fliegerleben des Georg Munker 1939 - 1945 zwischen Österreich, Polen, Jugoslawien und Russland'

Erprobungsgruppe 210

  • John Vasco 'Bombsights Over England: The History of Erprobungsgruppe 210 Luftwaffe Fighter-Bomber Unit in the Battle of Britain' (Norwich: JAC, 1990)

F/ 22

  • Wadman, David, and et al. 'Aufklärer: Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft & Units 1935 - 1945' (Hikoki Publications, 1997)

F/ 100

  • Wadman, David, and et al. 'Aufklärer: Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft & Units 1935 - 1945' (Hikoki Publications, 1997)

F/ 124

  • W Fehse 'Die Chronik der 1 Staffel (F) Aufklarungsgruppe 124' (Self published in German, 1999)

JG 1 (WW1)

  • Van Wyngarden 'Richthofens Flying Circus' (Osprey Aviation Elite no. 16 2004)

JG 1

  • H.Knoke 'I Flew For The Fuhrer' (Corgi 1956)
  • E Mombeek 'Defending the Reich: the history of Jagdgeschwader 1 Oesau' (JAC Publications 1992)
  • E Mombeek 'Defenders of the Reich: JG 1 vol 1 1939-42' (Classic 2001)
  • E Mombeek 'Defenders of the Reich: JG 1 vol 2 1943' (Classic 2002)
  • E Mombeek 'Defenders of the Reich: JG 1 vol 3 1944-45' (Classic 2003)
  • Murawski 'JG 1 Oesau 1939-43' (Miniatury Lotnicze series no. 27)
  • J Prien & P Rodeike 'Jagdgeschwader 1 und 2' (vol 1 covers 1939-43, vol 2 1944, vol 3 1944-45) (1993-94)

JG 2 (WW1)

  • Franks 'Jasta Boelcke: the history of Jasta 2 1916-1918'
  • Wyngarden 'Jagdeschwader II Geschwader Bertold' (Osprey Aviation Elite no. 19)

JG 2

  • H.Knoke 'I Flew For The Fuhrer' (Corgi 1956)
  • Eric Mombeck, J.-L. Roba, Chris Goos 'Dans le ciel de France: Histoire de la JG 2 Richthofen, Vol. 1, 1935-1940' (French text: self-published)
  • E Mombeek, J-L Roba, C Goss 'Am Himmel Frankreichs: Die Geschichte des JG 2 "Richthofen" Volume 2 1940-41' (2013)
  • J Prien & P Rodeike 'Jagdgeschwader 1 und 2' (vol 1 covers 1939-43, vol 2 1944, vol 3 1944-45) (1993-94)
  • H Nauroth 'Jagdgeschwader 2 Richthofen' (in German; Motorbuch 1999)
  • H Nauroth 'Jagdgeschwader 2 Richthofen: a photographic history' (2004)
  • John Weal 'Jagdgeschwader 2 Richthofen' (Osprey Aviation Elite no. 1)
  • 'JG 2 Richtofen 1936-41' (Miniatury Lotnicze series no. 7)
  • 'JG 2 Richtofen 1942-43' (Miniatury Lotnicze series no. 4)

JG 3

  • W.Johnen 'Duel Under The Stars' (New English Library 1975)
  • J Prien & G Stemmer 'Jagdgeschwader 3 Udet in world war 2' (2 vols) (Schiffer 2002)
  • J Prien & G Stemmer 'Messerschmitt Bf 109 im Einsatz beim und der I./JG 3' (1997)
  • J Prien & G Stemmer 'Messerschmitt Bf 109 im Einsatz beim und der II./JG 3' (1996)
  • J Prien & G Stemmer 'Messerschmitt Bf 109 im Einsatz beim und der III./JG 3' (1996)
  • J Prien & G Stemmer 'IV./JG 3 Chronik einer Jagdgruppe 1943-45' (1996)

JG 4

  • E Mombeek 'Sturmjager: zur geschichte des Jagdgeschwaders 4 und der Sturmstaffel 1' (in German; 2 vols self-published in Belgium 1998-2000)
  • Mombeek 'Storming the bombers: a chronicle of JG 4 volume 1: 1942-44' (2009)

JG 5

  • E Mombeek 'Eismeerjager: zur geschichte des Jagdgeschwaders 5' (3 vols self-published in Belgium 2000- first vol covers Zerstörers and Jabos; losses & victory tables)
  • W Girbig 'Jagdgeschwader 5 Eismeerjager' (in German; Motorbuch 1976)
  • Walter Schuck 'Abschuss! Von der Me 109 zur Me 262' (Memoirs flying with JG 5 and JG 7) (Helios-Verlag)
  • 'JG 5 Eismeer 1942-45' (Miniatury Lotnicze series no. 6)

JG 7

  • M Boehme 'JG 7: the world's first jet fighter unit 1944-45' (Schiffer 1992)
  • Forsyth 'Jagdgeschwader 7 Nowotny' (Osprey Elite 29, 2008)
  • Murawski 'JG 7 Nowotny' Polish and English text (Kagero 2002)
  • Walter Schuck 'Abschuss! Von der Me 109 zur Me 262' (Memoirs flying with JG 5 and JG 7) (Helios-Verlag)

JG 11

  • 'JG 11' (Miniatury Lotnicze 30)

JG 26

  • Gunther Bloemertz 'Heaven next stop'
  • D Caldwell 'JG26 - top guns of the Luftwaffe' (Orion 1991)
  • D Caldwell 'JG26 - photographic history of the Luftwaffes top guns' (Airlife 1994)
  • D Caldwell 'JG26 war diary vol 1 1939-42' (Grub St 1996)
  • D Caldwell 'JG26 war diary vol 2 1943-45' (Grub St 1998)
  • Grebert 'La Jagdgeschwader 26: Histoire de Quelques Aerodromes de la Luftwaffe dans le nord de France' (2009)
  • Janowicz 'JG 26 Schlageter vol II' Miniatury Lotncze series no. 25)
  • J Priller 'JG 26: Geschichte eines Jagdgeschwaders: das JG 26 (Schlageter), 1937-1945' (Stuttgart: Motorbuch, 1980; previously published as 'Geschichte eines Jagdgeschwaders')
  • Axel Urbanke 'Green Hearts: first combat with the Dora 9' (JG 26 & III/JG54) (Hamilton, MT: Eagle Editions, 1998)
  • J Vasco '9.Staffel/ JG 26' (Personal photo album 1940) (Schiffer 2005)
  • 'JG 26 Schlageter vol 1' (Miniatury Lotnicze series no. 2)
  • 'JG 26 Schlageter vol 2' (Miniatury Lotnicze series no. 25)

JG 27

  • Murawski 'JG 27' (3 volumes, Polish & English text) (Kagero 2002)
  • J Prien, P Rodeike & G Stemmer 'Messerschmitt Bf 109 im Einsatz bei der I./JG 27' (1998)
  • J Prien, P Rodeike & G Stemmer 'Messerschmitt Bf 109 im Einsatz bei der II./JG 27' (1997)
  • J Prien, P Rodeike & G Stemmer 'Messerschmitt Bf 109 im Einsatz bei der III und IV./JG 27' (1995)
  • Hans Ring & Werner Girbig 'Jagdgeschwader 27: die Dokumentation über den Einsatz an allen Fronten 1939-1945' (Stuttgart: Motorbuch, 1975)
  • 'JG 27 W Akcji vol 1' (Miniatury Lotnicze series no. 1)
  • 'JG 27 W Akcji vol 2' (Miniatury Lotnicze series no. 5)
  • 'JG 27 W Akcji vol 3' (Miniatury Lotnicze series no. 12)

JG 51

  • Gebhard Aders 'Jagdgeschwader 51 Molders' (in German) (Motorbuch Stuttgart, 1993)
  • Paul Stipdonk & Michael Meyer 'Das Jagdgeschwader 51: Eine Bilddokumentation über die Jahre 1938-1945' (Heinz Nickel, 1996)
  • Weal 'Jagdgeschwader 51 Molders' (Osprey Aviation Elite Units 22, 2007)
  • 'JG 51 volume 1' (Miniatury Lotnicze 29)

JG 52

  • N Fast 'Das Jagdgeschwader 52' (Bensburger Buch-Verlag, 1988)
  • H.Knoke 'I Flew For The Fuhrer' (Corgi 1956)
  • Murawski & Neuwerth 'JG 52 vol I' (to June 1941) (Miniatury Lotnicze series no. 26)
  • Murawski & Neuwerth 'JG 52 vol II' (Miniatury Lotnicze series no. 35)
  • J Weal 'Jagdgeschwader 52' (2004)
  • U Steinhilper & P Osborne 'Spitfire on my tail' (Independent Books 1993 ISBN 1 872 836 003; republished 2009)

JG 53

  • Goss 'Brothers in arms: the story of a British and a German fighter unit Aug-Dec 1940' (I/JG 53 & 609 Sqn) (Crecy 1994)
  • J Prien 'Jagdgeschwader 53' (vol 1 to May 1942, vol 2 to Jan 1944, vol 3 onwards; includes loss listings) (Schiffer 1998)

JG 54

  • Hans Ekkhard Bob 'Betrayed Ideals: memoirs of a Luftwaffe fighter ace'
  • W Held et al 'JG 54: a photographic history of the Grunherzjager' (Schiffer 1998)
  • Scutts 'Jagdgeschwader 54 Grunherz: aces of the Eastern Front' (Airlife 1992)
  • Axel Urbanke 'Green Hearts: first combat with the Dora 9' (JG 26 & III/JG54) (Hamilton, MT: Eagle Editions, 1998)
  • Weal 'Jagdgeschwader 54 Grunherz' (Osprey Aviation Elite no. 6)

JG 77

  • J Prien 'Einsatz der Jagdgeschwader 77' (4 volumes in German 1992-95; vols 3 & 4 have title 'Geschichte der Jagdgeschwader 77' includes losses etc) (Struve Druck)

JG 300

  • J Yves Lorant & R Goyat 'Jagdgeschwader 300 Wilde Sau' (2 vols Eagle Editions 2006)

JG 301

  • Murawski & Neuwerth 'JG 301 Wilde Sau' (Polish & English text) (Kagero 2003)
  • Willi Reschke 'Jagdgeschwader 301/ 302 Wilde Sau' (Stuttgart: Motorbook Verlag, 1998 & Schiffer 2004)

JG 302

  • Willi Reschke 'Jagdgeschwader 301/ 302 Wilde Sau' (Stuttgart: Motorbook Verlag, 1998 & Schiffer 2004)

Jagdstaffel 5

  • G K Merrill 'Jagdstaffel 5' (2 vols 2004)

JV 10

  • J Prien, G Stemmer, P Rodeike, W Bock 'Die Jagdfliegerverbände der Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945, Band 10/I' (Struve Druck, Schlossstr)

JV 44

  • R Forsyth 'JV 44 - the Galland Circus' (Classic Publications 1996)
  • Forsyth 'Jagdverband 44: Squadron of Experten' (Osprey Elite 27, 2008)

Kampfgeschwader

  • De Zeng, Stankey, Creek 'Bomber Units of the Luftwaffe' (2 vols, 2008)

KG 2

  • Ulf Balke 'Der Luftkreig in Europa' (Published in German) (Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz, 2 volumes 1989 & 1990)
  • Bill Norman 'Broken Eagles' (Luftwaffe losses over Yorkshire,1939-45) (Leo Cooper 2001)
  • Bill Norman 'Broken Eagles 2' (Luftwaffe losses over Northumberland & Durham, 1939-45) (Leo Cooper 2002)
  • Simon Parry 'Intruders over Britain' (Air Research Publications 1987 ISBN 0 904811 07 7)

KG 4

  • Karl Gundelach 'Kampfgeschwader General Weaver 4' (Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart 1978)

KG 6

  • Jan Horn 'Wir flogen gen Westen' (2 part German text history of KG 6 1941-45) (Jan Horn 2011)

KG 26

  • Rudi Schmidt 'Achtung Torpedos Los' (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe, 1991)

KG 27

  • Walter Waiss 'Boelcke-Archiv der Chronik des KG27 Boelcke Teil 1' (1934 to end 1940) (Neuss: Walter Waiss, 2000)
  • Walter Waiss 'Boelcke-Archiv der Chronik des KG27 Boelcke Teil 2' (1941) (Neuss: Walter Waiss)
  • Walter Waiss 'Boelcke-Archiv der Chronik des KG27 Boelcke Teil 3' (1942) (Neuss: Walter Waiss)
  • Walter Waiss 'Boelcke-Archiv der Chronik des KG27 Boelcke Teil 4' (1943) (Neuss: Walter Waiss)
  • Walter Waiss 'Boelcke-Archiv der Chronik des KG27 Boelcke Teil 5' (1944) (Neuss: Walter Waiss)
  • Walter Waiss 'Boelcke-Archiv der Chronik des KG27 Boelcke Teil 6' (1945) (Neuss: Walter Waiss)
  • Walter Waiss 'Überlebt - Das Fliegerleben des Georg Munker 1939 - 1945 zwischen Österreich, Polen, Jugoslawien und Russland'

KG 30

  • Peter Stahl 'The diving eagle: A Ju88 pilot's diary' (William Kimber 1984 ISBN 0-7183-0509-4)

KG 40

  • Goss 'Bloody Biscay: the history of V Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 40' (Crecy 1997)
  • Kenneth Poolman 'Fw Condor - scourge of the Atlantic' (c1978 ISBN 0 354 01164 2)

KG 51

  • W Dierich 'Kampfgeschwader 51 Edelweiss' (Originally in German by Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart c1973 & 1991)
  • W Dierich 'Kampfgeschwader Edelweiss' (Heavily cut English version Ian Allen/ PBS 1975 ISBN 07110 0601 6)
  • Jan Horn 'Das Flurschaden-Geschwader - Die Chronik des Kampfgeschwader 51 im Zeitraum 01.01.1944 bis Kriegsende' (in German) (Self publishing company 2010)
  • Simon Parry 'Intruders over Britain' (Air Research Publications 1987 ISBN 0 904811 07 7)

KG 53

  • Heinz Kiehl 'Kampfgeschwader 53 Legion Condor' (Published in German, Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart c1983)

KG 54

  • Siegfried Radtke 'Geschichte des Kampfgeschwader 54: von der Ju 52 zur Me 262' (Schild Verlag Munich 1990 ISBN 3 88014 0987)

KG 55

  • Wolfgang Dierich 'Kampfgeschwader 55 Greif' (Published in German by Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart c1975 & 1994)
  • Hall & Quinlan 'KG 55 in focus' (Red Kite, 2000)

KG 100

  • U Balke 'Kampfgeschwader 100 Wiking' (Motorbuch Verlag 1981)
  • K Wakefield 'First pathfinders: KG 100' (Kimber 1981)

KG 200

  • G Gellerman 'Moskau ruft Heeresgruppe Mitte' (in German; Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz, 1988)
  • Peter Stahl 'The KG200 story' (Janes 1981; William Kimber)
  • Thomas & Ketley 'KG200: the Luftwaffe's most secret unit' (Hikoki 2003)

KGr 100

  • Wakefield 'First Pathfinders - operational history of KGr 100 1939 to 41' (Crecy 1992)

LG 1

  • L von Eimannsberger 'Zursturer Gruppe: a history of V (Z)/LG 1 - I/NJG 3 1939-41' (Schiffer 1998)
  • Peter Taghon 'Die Geschichte de Lehrgeschwaders 1 band 2' (2 volumes, vol 2 covers 1941 onwards, mainly in the Mediterranean) (VDM Heinz Nickel, 2004)

NJG 1

  • W.Johnen 'Duel Under The Stars' (New English Library 1975)

NJG 2

  • Simon Parry 'Intruders over Britain' (Air Research Publications 1987 ISBN 0 904811 07 7)
  • Heinz Rökker 'I. Gruppe Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 - Juli 1940 bis Kriegsende 1945/Fernenachtjagd 1940-1942' (Zweibrücken: VDM Heinz Nickel, 1997)

NJG 3

  • L von Eimannsberger 'Zursturer Gruppe: a history of V (Z)/LG 1 - I/NJG 3 1939-41' (Schiffer 1998)

NJG 5

  • Spoden 'Enemy in the dark'

NJG 6

  • W Koch 'Das Kriegstagebuch des Nachtjagdgeschwaders 6' (reprint of the unit diary) (Eigenverlag, 1996)
  • Spoden 'Enemy in the dark'

NSG 1

  • Christian Möller 'Die Einsätze der Nachtschlachtgruppe 1, 2 und 20 an der Westfront' (covers September 1944 to May 1945) (Helios-Verlag)

NSG 2

  • Christian Möller 'Die Einsätze der Nachtschlachtgruppe 1, 2 und 20 an der Westfront' (covers September 1944 to May 1945) (Helios-Verlag)

NSG 9

  • 'Ghost bombers: the moonlight war of NSG 9 - Luftwaffe night attack operations from Anzio to the Alps'

SKG 10

  • Goss 'Luftwaffe hit and run raiders' (Nocturnal attacks over western front 1943-45 by I/SKG 10) (2009)

StG 2

  • H Nauroth 'Stukageschwader 2 Immelman' (in German; 1988)

StGr 77

  • Peter C Smith 'Stuka Squadron Stuka Gruppen 77: The Luftwaffe's Fire Brigade' (PSL 1990)

Sturmstaffel 1

  • E Mombeek 'Sturmjager: zur geschichte des Jagdgeschwaders 4 und der Sturmstaffel 1' (in German; 2 vols self-published in Belgium 1998-2000)
  • E Mombeek & R Forsyth 'Sturmstaffel 1 Reich defence 1943-44: the war diary' (Classic Publications 1999)
  • Mombeek et al 'Sturmstaffel 1: Reich defence 1943-44, war diary' (2006)

2.(F)/Ob.d.L.

  • Max Lagoda 'Ein Blick in die Vergangenheit' (Mainly operations in Russia, includes a couple of operations over Britain) (Eigenverlag 2001)

2.(H)/14

  • Stefan Ommert 'Recon for Rommel' (history of the unit: English/ German text) (König Verlag)

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