Once again, Kagero has chosen a most interesting subject for their aviation unit histories. This particular one is about I./NJG2. You may wonder why it is about just a single gruppe instead of the entire geschwader. Well, I./NJG 2 was pretty much alone in the long range night fighter business. Their job was to do intruder work over the UK and shoot down British bombers as they took off or returned from their missions. The main aircraft type was the Ju-88C-4 and Do-17Z-10. As befits night fighters of 1940-41, they were painted matte black and were basically without radar. Their missions were long and generally quite successful. So successful were they, that the British stopped night training for bomber crews for fear that they would be shot down by the German night fighters. Naturally, the Luftwaffe High Command in general and Hitler in particular decided to stop the missions just as they were showing a real effect on the British. They had thought that the long range night intruders would completely stop British bombing raids. As a result of unfettered ability to operate, the bombing raids just got worse. A brief attempt to restart the missions was done in early 1945, but by then it was way too late to do anything about the mass of British and American bombers.

This Kagero book is in the usual format of others in the series. This one is 80 pages, card bound, dual Polish and English language, profiles in the center and covers, and the goodie. This time it is etched cockpit bits for the Ju-88C-4 in both 1/72 and 1/48 by Part.

I found the book to be fascinating and a look at a part of the Luftwaffe that has never really gotten a lot of press. If you like the subject, then I'm sure you'll like this one.

Purchased by me.

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