Dogfights 3 Bf 109d/e Paperback

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Using first-hand accounts and brand-new artwork, this book brings to life therealities 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 inventoryduring the opening months of World War II and it was central to many of Germany’s earlyvictories, 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 aircraftwhich first featured a Daimler-Benz DB 601 powerplant, and which was in the front linein the skies over Poland, the Low Countries and France, and the older Bf 109D, still inuse 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 onlyfading at the Battle of France, when the Bf 109’s seasoned pilots encountered modernand wellflownRAF and Armée de l’Air fighters.In a rigorous and engaging new analysis, Luftwaffe aviation expert Malcolm V. Loweexamines and assesses the Bf 109 as a fighting machine from the perspective of theLuftwaffe at the forefront of the German blitzkrieg. Contemporary photographs andspecially commissioned artwork, including a dramatic battlescene, armament views,technical diagrams and ribbon diagrams illustrating step-by-step each battle tactic ofthe main dogfights explored in the book, bring the experiences of the Bf 109 pilots vividlyto life.Sales and Marketing HighlightsFeaturing first-hand accounts from Luftwaffe Bf 109E pilots to reveal the terrorand exhilaration that came with flying the ‘Emil’ over the skies of Poland andFrance the heady opening months of the war when the Luftwaffe reignedsupreme.Written by highly respected Luftwaffe aviation author, Malcolm Lowe.There is ongoing international interest with hobbyists in early-war Luftwaffeaircraft and combat.