Aufklarer Volume One: Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft and Units 1935-1941
Aufklarer Volume One: Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft and Units 1935-1941 (Luftwaffe Colours) David Wadman,
Publisher: Classic Publications
ISBN: 1857802683
DDC: 629
Edition: Paperback; 2007-12-01
Summary:
This latest two-part work provides a study of another significant arm
of the Luftwaffe, the Aufklarungsflieger or reconnaissance units.
Although such operations are sometimes erroneously perceived as being
of secondary importance due to their lack of offensive function, the
Luftwaffe was very advanced in understanding the benefits of
reconnaissance. In fact no single arm of the Luftwaffe operated at
such a wide number of aircraft types and many of the operations
conducted by the Aufklarungsflieger units were of vital importance.
This first volume will cover the aircraft and operations of the
reconnaissance units from their origins in clandestine survey and
photographic work over Poland and the United Kingdom in the late
1930s through to their first operational use during the Spanish Civil
War. They were active in the skies across Europe, from Poland in the
east to Britain in the west. They also played their part in the
invasions of the Balkans and Russia. On the Russian and Mediterranean
fronts, short-range reconnaissance usually involved low-level
missions over enemy territory using the Fieseler Fi156 Storch and
Hs126 biplanes, though Bf109s and Fw190s were also employed on such
activities. Also included in this book will be an overview of the
related "Wekusta" or weather reconnaissance units, responsible for
the collection of meteorological data where, because of the proximity
of the enemy, normal land-based observation was not available. These
units were assigned directly to the Meteorological Service of the
Luftwaffe High Command and were considered very valuable assets.
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