[GHOST BOMBERS] – THE MOONLIGHT WAR OF NSG 9 – Luftwaffe Night Attack Operations from Anzio to the Alps

This is the first book that tells the story of a Luftwaffe ground attack unit – NSG 9 – and its hazardous, pin-point bombing missions in Italy during the Second World War.

NSG 9 was formed in late 1943 from veteran pilots drawn from the Eastern Front. Intended to use captured Italian aircraft for fighting partisans, it was rushed into action against the Anzio beach-head with just a handful of Fiat biplanes. Reequipped with the famous Ju 87

Stuka – and later the Fw 190 – the unit was heavily committed against the Anglo-American breakout in May 1944 and then operated over

Rome and the Apennine Mountains during the summer of that year. It was the first German night attack unit to encounter modern allied fighter defences and suffered heavy losses, mainly at the hands of

RAF Beaufighters.

Ghost Bombers are based on interviews and correspondence with many former veterans of NSG 9. Much is told in the words of the men who fought on both sides in the night skies over Italy.