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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> This book is the illustrated history of a Luftwaffe air reconnaissance unit serving in North Africa during WW II right from the beginning of the campaign the 2nd Staffel of Nahaufklarungsgruppe (Heer) 14 – or 2. (H)/14 in short – was Rommel’s main tactical air reconaissance in Africa. More than 400 colour and b+w photos show the unit’s history staffel members aircraft and vehicules documents (including Lt. Holzapfel’s logbook) and the unit’s own award medal and the unique colour plates taken by Lt. Holzapfel an observation officer of this unit. The hardcover book (landscape format) has 195 pages and is completely in English and German printed on quality art paper. The book is divided into 4 chapters: 1. Unit history illustated with many b+w photos. 2. The unit sections (aircraft: HS 126 Me 110 Me 108 Me 109 photographic station: tropicalized Opel Blitz technical equipment drivers: Opel Blitz Ford truck. AA section: 2cm Flak 30 Bofors medical section technical section: Faun ZR prime mover 8 ton half-track signal section: MB 170 signal version rarely seen in NA) 3. Annexes: unit medal unit emblem documents a logbook of an observer Lt Holzapfel – interesting for historians losses bibliography) 4.The colour plates taken in 1941 (Tripolis Arco – rare arial view!) Apollonia Derna mausoleum of Italo Balbo Ghadames Hs 126 Me 110 Fi 156 downed Hurricane burned out He 111 at Benina airfield captured CMP truck Opel Blitz VW 82 Kubel Ju 52Via Balbia Derna Pantelleria with rock hangar and Hs 126 Rommel Kesselring Staffel officer and commanders wearing the RK Mechili battleground with British trucks in rarely seen Caunter camouflage African airfields.) (MP)