This is the remarkable story of the Verschuchsverband -- the Trials and Research Unit of the Luftwaffe High Command, one of the most intriguing, clandestine and rarely-covered units of the Luftwaffe before and during World War II. The Verschuchsverband was tasked with the assessment of captured Allied fighters using the so-called 'Wanderzirkus Rosarius' which toured German fighter units displaying captured British and American aircraft such as Spitfires, a Typhoon, a Mosquito, P-51 Mustangs, P-38 Lightnings and P-47 Thunderbolts which were all repainted in German markings. Many of those are illustrated in color by leading aviation artist Tom Tullis. This is the first time that the story of this unit has been told and it offers a fascinating insight into German aeronautical history during the Nazi rise to power and during the war years.
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This review is from: On Special Missions: The Luftwaffe's Research and Experimental Squadrons 1923-1945 (Air War Classics) (Hardcover)
In this time of alternative histories and sci-fi becoming real, On Special Missions fills an important gap in detailing facts and eliminating falsehoods about the Luftwaffe's technical capabilities in aerial development.KG200, the alter-ego of many fictional accounts to the allied special operations units such as the Carpetbaggers, is shown as not just a unit using captured allied equipment, but as a top line flight test outfit. If the Luftwaffe is taken not as Nazis, as many tend to place them, but as honorable and capable men and women who loved aviation, tho in wartime and led by politicians of evil, then you will find that the allies were lucky that Germany didn't have the capability to produce the weapons under study. This book is one of those buy it now or else never find it again because of it's limited production and popularity. I found it by accident or fate, but it is one of those that will find a place of honor in my research library.
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