JG 26 Top Guns of the Luftwaffe Author:Donald L. Caldwell This is the story of the JG 26 pilots, or "Abbeville Kids." A microcosm of World War II exists in the rise and fall of this famous fighter wing -- whose slashing attacks always seemed to come from the best position -- from its founding during Hitler's military buildup, through its glory days in the first years of the war--when its bases in north... more »ern France were to be avoided at all costs -- right up to the grim, final hours of the Third Reich.« less