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title	:	To Win the Winter Sky : The Air War Over the Ardennes, 1944-1945
author	:	Parker, Danny S.
publisher	:	Combined Publishing
isbn10 | asin	:	0938289357
print isbn13	:	9780938289357
ebook isbn13	:	9780585193960
language	:	English
subject	Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945, World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.
publication date	:	1994
lcc	:	D756.5.A7P369 1994eb
ddc	:	940.54/21431
subject	:	Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945, World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.

Page 1 To Win the Winter Sky The Air War over the Ardennes 19441945 The Big Show Luffwaffe pilots of I/G 77,the "Red Hearts" head out for their waiting Messerchmitt G-14s for "Operation Bondenplatte," the New Year's Day suprise attack on Allied airfields. Ten Pilots of the hundred "Herzas" pilots taking part would not return. With merely 214 German aircrew lost in the 900 plane operation, January 1,1945 witnessed the largest single-day Luftwaffe losses of the entire war. (Pieper via Roba)

Page 3 To Win the Winter Sky The Air War over the Ardennes 19441945 Danny S. Parker COMBINED BOOKS Pennsylvania

Page 4 Copyright 1994 Danny S. Parker All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without first seeking the written permission of the publisher. For information, address: COMBINED BOOKS, INC. 151 E. 10th Avenue Conshohocken, PA 19428 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Parker, Danny S. To win the winter sky : the air war over the Ardennes, 19441945 / Danny S. Parker. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-938289-35-7 1. Ardennes, Battle of the, 19441945. 2. World War, 19391945 Aerial operations. I. Title. II.Title: Air war over the Ardennes, 19441945. D756.5.A7P369 1994 940.54'21431dc20 94-10345 Combined Books Edition 1 2 3 4 5 Printed in the United States of America. Maps by Paul Dangel

Page 5 CONTENTS Acknowledgments 7 Preface: The Unknown Bulge 9 Prologue: The Reichsmarschall 11 I. Enemy Number One 27 II. Spaatz and Allied Airborne Might 49 III. The Luftwaffe: In Hitler's Dog House 67 IV. Secret Weapons, False Hopes 84 V. Adolf Galland and the "Big Blow" 89 VI. The War Below 104 VII. Hitler Schemes; the Allies Unaware 117 VIII. Enter Dietrich Peltz 128 IX. "Support the Attack" December 16th 141 X. The Contested Sky: December 17th 159 XI. Achtung Jabos!: December 18th 179 XII. Stormy Weather: December 19th 195 XIII. War's Most Beautiful Sunrise: December 23rd 221 XIV. The Greatest Air Battle: December 24th 248 XV. The Saddest Christmas: December 25th 281 XVI. The War Is Lost: December 26th 306 XVII. Sheer Hell: December 27th 320 XVIII. Black Friday: December 29th 343 XIX. Year's End: December 31st 353 XX. Operation Bodenplatte: January 1st, 1945 373 XXI. New Year Doubts: January 2nd 450 XXII. The Bombs Fall: January 10th 465 XXIII. Slaughter at Dasburg: January 22nd 476

Page 6 XXIV. Mutiny of the Aces 495 Epilogue 498

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