"From the nascent days of the Spanish Civil War to the desperate, final defence of the stricken Reich, the Messerchmitt Bf 109 was the Luftwaffe's signature fighter. Continuously developed with more power, better armament and specialized variants, by the end of the war it was the most-produced fighter in history, with 35,000 built. Hundreds of aces and thousands of victims testified to its qualities. This book is a detailed history of the Bf 109s that were built for Hitler's new and formidable Luftwaffe, as the clouds of ...
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"From the nascent days of the Spanish Civil War to the desperate, final defence of the stricken Reich, the Messerchmitt Bf 109 was the Luftwaffe's signature fighter. Continuously developed with more power, better armament and specialized variants, by the end of the war it was the most-produced fighter in history, with 35,000 built. Hundreds of aces and thousands of victims testified to its qualities. This book is a detailed history of the Bf 109s that were built for Hitler's new and formidable Luftwaffe, as the clouds of war gathered in the 1930s. From the Legion Condor's exploits over Spain to the Bf 109s role in the invasion of Poland, and covering the Messerschmitts' development, specifications and combat history, it is the story of the lesser-known, formative years of Germany's most famous fighter"--Page [4] of cover.
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