The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the most prominent German fighter type of World War II – over 35,000 were built and it served in many different variants and roles throughout the course of the war. It was the true workhorse of the German Luftwaffe throughout the war and continued in front-line service with some European countries for many years afterwards. This title details the early and pre-war variants, including the Bf 109s that flew in the Spanish Civil War, Poland, France and the Battle of Britain, in a series of increasingly complex construction projects. It also details the numerous kits available of this famous fighter.
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Language: en
Pages: 360
Pages: 360
Innumerable books have been published on the two most famous fighter aircraft of all time, the Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf109. But books setting out to tell the story of both aircraft are very much rarer - probably fewer than the fingers of one hand. Yet their joint story
Language: en
Pages: 80
Pages: 80
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the most prominent German fighter type of World War II – over 35,000 were built and it served in many different variants and roles throughout the course of the war. It was the true workhorse of the German Luftwaffe throughout the war and continued in
Language: en
Pages: 76
Pages: 76
EASTERN FRONT as the Germans called it or the GREAT MOTHERLAND WAR as the Russians knew it, the FRONT OF THE EAST was the biggest and main front of the Second World War in Europe where giants such as Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia faced each other. ACES HIGH dedicates
Language: en
Pages: 80
Pages: 80
Churchill's words, 'never was so much owed by so many to so few', came to encapsulate how, in a few critical months, the entire fate of the British Empire, if not the war, hung in the balance, to be determined by a handful of pilots fighting tirelessly in the skies
Language: en
Pages: 96
Pages: 96
Pictures bombers and fighter planes, describes their armaments, and depicts the pilots and crews at work