Mit der Kamera an der Front (I.(J)/LG2 & JG77)

Over many German Jagdgeschwader or hunting groups exist in the technical literature detailed publications with a multiplicity of recordings. A group that still today retains its deep sleep is the I.(J) / LG 2. Although in the group fighter pilots like Ihlefeld, Geißhardt, Marseille, Harder, Strakeljahn or Kemethmüller, which were later on all the mouth, their first enemy flights graduated and achieved success, the available for the interested imagery is limited.

With Volume 3 in our series "Photographed by Soldiers", we can now present unique picture material to all hunter enthusiasts based on the color Dianachlaß of a not known war correspondent, which the I. (J) / LG 2 of the channel 1941 In 1942 he was renamed the I./JG 77 in Russia. In the summer of 1942, the picture-editor took the last photographs of the JG 77, the commander of the squadron, Maj. Gollob, and his machines The color photographs provide completely new and unexpected insights into camouflage paints, season colors and emblems.

To top off the overall picture of the use of the I.(J) / LG 2, the color slides were supplemented by stunning, unknown black-and-white footage from various legends of aircraft operators and technicians of the group.

240 pages
54 color slides and 170 black-and-white shots
13 color page views
14 colored maps
German & English text