Author: FRANKS, NORMAN.
Title: The Battle Of The Airfields. 1st January 1945.
Description: Revised and Updated 50th Anniversary Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. 224; 16 pages of b/w photograph illustrations, 2 maps, appendices, bibliography, index; bound in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, signed by author on title page, very good copy. London; Grub Street; 1994. At first light on the morning of 1st January 1945, over 800 Luftwaffe fighters took off from their bases in Germany to attack Allied airfields in Holland, Belgium and France. Some of these surprise attacks proved successful, some were hardly noticed, while others were disastrous for the attackers. Basing his account on information from both Wing and Squadron diaries, and with many first-hand accounts from the men who were there, Norman Franks paints a definitive picture of that winter morning and the rest of the day.

Keywords: gmil World War 2 II military battle Luftwaffe fighters aviation Europe aircraft history 1st January 1945 general military history