Max-Hellmuth Ostermann served in Luftwaffe units ZG1, JG21 and JG54. Starting as a young, inexperienced pilot who struggled to master the twin-engined Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstörer in early 1940, he became a fearsome exponent of the Bf 109 over the English Channel, Yugoslavia and the Russian Front. His war ended in August 1942 with 102 confirmed aerial victories, the majority of them against the Soviet Air Force. The diminutive Ostermann was decorated with the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves and Swords –only the tenth German officer to receive the award. Ostermann frequently scored two victories in one day and his final operations saw him in command of a Staffel of JG 54, the famous Grünherzgeschwader.
This volume includes 13 colour aircraft profiles by noted illustrator Claes Sundin.