Luftwaffe 5
Subtitle: Messerschmitt BF109 (Luftwaffe at War , No 5)
Publisher: Greenhill Books
Published: July 3, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781853673054
Subjects: Air forces & warfare; European history: Second World War; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military - Aviation; Military Aircraft - World War II; History; History - Military / War; Military Science; Military; Germany; Western Continental Europe; Military - Weapons; History / Military / World War II; Military - World War II; Aerial operations, German; Messerschmitt 109 (Fighter pla; Messerschmitt 109 (Fighter planes); World War, 1939-1945
First sentence: Since it was ultimately at the hands of the Royal Air Force that the Messerschmitt Bf 109 met its match over south-eastern England in the autumn of 1940, a suitable starting point for this narrative is 4 May 1940 when Flight Lieutenant Hilly-Brown of No. 1 Sqn flew the Emil W.Nr 1304 across from France for performance trials at A&amp;AEE Boscombe Down to be compared with a Spitfire, a Hurricane, a Curtiss Hawk 75A and a Gloster F5/34.