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SERIES EDITOR: TONY HOLMES
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Jagdgeschwader54
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John Weal
Front cover
One of the brightest stars in JG 54' s
firmament during the early months
of the campaign against the Soviet
Union was Leutnant, later
Oberleutnant,
Max.
Hellmuth
Ostermann. This ex·Zerstdrer pilot
had been credited with just nine kills
prior to the launch of
Barbarossa.
However,
against the
Red
Air Force
he revealed his natural ability as an
outstanding dogfighter. His score
began to escalate rapidly as the
'Green
Hearts' supported the
German Army' s advance towards
Leningrad. Jim
Laurier'
s specially-
commissioned cover painting
captures an incident that
took
place
during
the first winter of the war in
the
east.
Ostermann,
the
StaffelkapitiJn
of
7./JG 54
In
his
'White 2', was engaged on a
'Freie
Jagd' sweep
with his wingman
when they came to
the
aid of a
group of
Ju
87s
from
StG 2
'
lmmelmann
'.
The dive-bombers had
done their work well, as witness the
columns of smoke rising
from
the
enemy
target
on
the
far side of the
lake. But
now
the
returning
Stukas
found themselves under attack by
Polikarpov 1
·153
fighters. These agile
biplanes were a common adversary
of the
'
Green Hearts' during the
opening stages of Barbarossa, and
many were included among the final
tally of 93 Soviet aircraft which
•
Ostermann claimed destroyed before
he was himself killed in action on 9
August 1942
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rst
published
in
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ra
in
in 2001 by (),p
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Publi$h111g
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Bodey,
Oxford,
OXl
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Ed iced
by To
ny Holmes
Page design
by
Mark
Ho
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Cover Arcwork
by
Ji
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Lauricr
Aircraft
Profiles
and
Badge
Artwork
by
Joh n
Weal
Map
by
John Weal
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The Author would like co thank the following 111d1vidu.1ls for rheir generous help
in providing information and photograph\.
In
England
-
Chris Goss.
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Payne. Dr Alfred PriLe, Jeri} Seu us. Robert
Simpson and W J A Tony' Wood.
In
Finland- Kari Stenman.
In
Germany-
Herren
Manfred Gnchl,
and
Holgcr
Nauroth.
EDITOR'S NOTE
orbcn
HJnnig.
Walter
M.mhiesen
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make
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new
series as
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JS
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of
war. Any
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source.
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