Messerschmitt Bf 109 194145 The Latter Years War In The East To The Fall Of Germany 1st Edition Chris Goss by Chris Goss 9781473899506, 1473899508 instant download after payment.

The Bf 109 served in every theatre of the war, though in this book the author examines the period of Operations on all fronts from 1941 onwards through to VE-Day in 1945 including such events as the Luftwaffe's Tip and Run Fighter Bomber Air Raids (1941-44), Attacks during the 1944 D-Day Invasion and immediately afterwards as well as events on the Eastern Front (1941-45).
In the later years of the Air war, the Bf 109 fought with some degree of success in the defence of Germany against Allied bombers in both daylight and night time attacks.

The Bf 109 was the most produced fighter aircraft type by either the Axis or Allied Air Forces, Additionally it has more aerial Victories than any other aircraft type flown operationally during the entire war. 

Indeed, A total of 105 Bf 109 pilots were each credited with the destruction of 100 or more enemy aircraft; thirteen of these Airmen would than go onto destroy even more, 200+ Aircraft shot down in air combat, while another two of those Airmen went onto destroy over 300 enemy Aircraft. 

The Bf 109 was flown by the three top-scoring fighter aces of the war: 

Erich Hartmann (1922-1993), the top-scoring fighter pilot of all time who destroyed 352 enemy aircraft; 

Gerhard Barkhorn (1918-1983) with 301 Aircraft Destroyed;

Günther Rall (1918-2009) with 275 Aircraft Destroyed.

All of them flew their Operations with the 'elite' Luftwaffe Gruppen JG 52, a unit which exclusively flew the Bf 109 and was credited with over 10,000 Aircraft Destroyed - chiefly but not only on the Eastern Front.
The Bf 109 was also supplied to several of Germany's Axis allies, including Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia.
In this selection of unrivalled images collected over many years, the operations of this