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MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109 - The Latter Years - War in the East to the Fall of Germany (Paperback)
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MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109 - The Latter Years - War in the East to the Fall of Germany (Paperback)
Series: Air War Archive
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List price R467
Loot Price R385
Discovery Miles 3 850
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The most iconic German aircraft of the Second World War, the
Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the Luftwaffe's principal fighter from
1939 until 1942 when the superior Focke-Wulf Fw 190 came into
greater prominence. The Bf 109 served in every theatre of the war,
though in this book the author examines the Tip and Run era, D-Day
and the Eastern Front. In the later years of the war, the Bf 109
fought with some success in the defence of Germany against Allied
bombers. The Bf 109 was the most produced fighter aircraft in
history and more aerial kills were made with this fighter than any
other aircraft. Indeed, A total of 105 Bf 109 pilots were each
credited with the destruction of 100 or more enemy aircraft;
thirteen of these men scored more than 200 kills, while two scored
more than 300\. The Bf 109 was flown by the three top-scoring
fighter aces of the war: Erich Hartmann, the top-scoring fighter
pilot of all time claiming 352 victories, Gerhard Barkhorn with 301
victories, and Gunther Rall, who claimed 275 victories. All of them
flew with JG 52, a unit which exclusively flew the Bf 109 and was
credited with over 10,000 victories, chiefly on the Eastern Front.
The Bf 109 was also supplied to several of Germany's allies,
including Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and
Slovakia. In this selection of unrivalled images collected over
many years, the operations of this famous aircraft in the latter
part of the Second World War are portrayed and brought to life.
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