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Bf 109D/E - Blitzkrieg 1939-40 (Paperback) Loot Price: R337
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Bf 109D/E - Blitzkrieg 1939-40 (Paperback): Malcolm V. Lowe

Bf 109D/E - Blitzkrieg 1939-40 (Paperback)

Malcolm V. Lowe; Illustrated by Gareth Hector, Jim Laurier

Series: Dogfight

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Using first-hand accounts and brand-new artwork, this book brings to life the realities of flying the Bf 109 in combat during the very first battles of World War II. The Bf 109 was one of the principal fighter aircraft types in the Luftwaffe's inventory during the opening months of World War II and it was central to many of Germany's early victories, before coming up against the unbeatable RAF during the Battle of Britain. This book presents first-hand experiences of the pilots who flew the Bf 109E, the aircraft which first featured a Daimler-Benz DB 601 powerplant, and which was in the front line in the skies over Poland, the Low Countries and France, and the older Bf 109D, still in use in the Polish campaign. The early variants of the Messerschmitt fighter, the Bf 109E-1, Bf 109E-2 and Bf 109E-3, swept all before them during the opening wartime campaigns, their successes only fading at the Battle of France, when the Bf 109's seasoned pilots encountered modern and well-flown RAF and Armee de l'Air fighters. In a rigorous and engaging new analysis, Luftwaffe aviation expert Malcolm V. Lowe examines and assesses the Bf 109 as a fighting machine from the perspective of the Luftwaffe at the forefront of the German blitzkrieg. Contemporary photographs and specially commissioned artwork, including a dramatic battlescene, armament views, technical diagrams and ribbon diagrams illustrating step-by-step each battle tactic of the main dogfights explored in the book, bring the experiences of the Bf 109 pilots vividly to life.

General

Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Dogfight
Release date: June 2022
Authors: Malcolm V. Lowe
Illustrators: Gareth Hector (Illustrator) • Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
Dimensions: 249 x 185 x 5mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 978-1-4728-5031-7
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > Military vehicles
Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Aerospace & aviation technology > Aviation skills / piloting
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN: 1-4728-5031-9
Barcode: 9781472850317

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