文档介绍：ROBERT FORSYTH has studied
the history and operations of
the Luftwaffe for many years,
and has met and interviewed
numerous former pilots around
the world. Working full time in
aviation publishing since the
mid 1990s, he is the author of
JV 44 - The Galland Circus
(1996), Battle over Bavaria -
The B-26 versus the German
Jets (1998), Mistel - German
Composite Aircraft and
Operations 1942-1945 (2001),
Messerschmitt Me 264
Amerikabomber (2006) with
Eddie J Creek, Osprey Aviation
Elite Units 27 - Jagdverband 44
(2008) and Osprey Aviation
Elite Units 29 -
Jagdgeschwader 7 'Nowotny'
(2008). This is Robert's sixth
book for Osprey.
EDDIE J CREEK is co-author
of a number of landmark books
on Luftwaffe aircraft including
Jet Planes of the Third Reich
(1982), Arado Ar 234 (1992),
Me 262 (1997-2000 - four
volumes), On Special Missions
- The Luftwaffe's Research
and Experimental Squadrons
1923-1945 (2003), Do 335 Pfeil
(2006), He 177 Greif (2009)
and He 162 Volksjager.
Profile artist JIM LAURIER
is a native of New England,
growing up in New Hampshire.
He graduated with honours
from the Paiers School of Art,
Connecticut, in 1978 and has
worked as a freelance
illustrator ever since,
completing assignments in
a wide variety of fields. Jim
has a keen interest in military
subjects, both aviation and
armour, and is a Fellow
member of the American
Society of Aviation Artists, the
New York Society of Illustrators
and the American Fighter Aces
Association. He has been a key
contributor to the Osprey
Aviation list since 2000, and
in that time he has produced
some of the finest artwork
seen in these volumes.
BAT AIRCRAFT • 83
Me 262 BOMBER AND
RECONNAISSANCE
UNITS
SERIES EDITOR: TONY HOLMES
Me 262 BOMBER AND
RECONNAISSANCE
UNITS
ROBERT FORSYTH WITH EDDIE J CREEK
Front Cover First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Osprey Publishing
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