The Messerschmitt Bf 109 — AT WAR — REDUCED PRICE JACKET MISSING —
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 978-0711007703 |
| ISBN-10 | 0 7110 0770 5 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( rounded spine binding ) |
| Special Features | Dust jacket is missing |
| Condition | Normal time wear |
| Author(s) | David J Kingston |
| Publisher | Ian Allan Ltd, Shepperton, Surrey |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Published date | 1977 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 21.8 x 29.8 x 1.7 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • APPAREILS - CONSTRUCTEURS • AVIATION MILITAIRE • SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE |
Description
During 1939 to 1945 many thousands of the world's youth fought each other in small fast, agile single-engined aircraft which offered only minimal protection against an enemy's fire, for they were encased in thin aluminium incapable of stopping a bullet. Carrying large amounts of highly inflammable fuel, such aircraft were apt to burst into searing flames or simply explode if hit. One such aircraft was the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
This book is in no way an attempt to record the full history of the Bf 109's technical development or its operational use. Very fine volumes of this nature have already been published, and this book is designed to complement them. Some of the accounts herein first appeared in German publications during the war, hence the reader should be warned that some of them may have been coloured for propaganda and/or ideological reasons. Nevertheless, it was considered useful to include a few such accounts as they were written by first-hand witnesses shortly after the action described.
Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Born in Bavaria 14
The Designer Speaks 22
First Blood 26
Foreign Pilots 34
First 'Tommy' 42
Erster Luftsieg 46
Battle over England 52
Fighting the Spitfire 58
Above Tundra, Ice and Steppe 60
Hungarian Escape 70
Repairing the Bf 109 74
Defending Neutrality 82
Away from War 92
And not only Pilots 94
In African Skies 100
Through the Kommandeur's Eyes 108
In Latin Hands 114
Just Routine Testing 116
Defending the Reich 118
At the E'Stellen 126
An Emil called Mike 134
Flying the Bf 109 136.
Appraisal 148
Under New Management 154
Aftermath 158
Acknowledgements 160