German Night Fighters Versus Bomber Command 1943-1945 (Paperback)
Imprint: Pen & Sword Aviation
Pages: 256
Illustrations: 50 illustrations
ISBN: 9781399019552
Published: 1st April 2022
(click here for international delivery rates)
Need a currency converter? Check XE.com for live rates
| Other formats available | Price |
|---|---|
| German Night Fighters Versus Bomber… ePub (31.1 MB) Add to Basket | £6.99 |
This new volume from Martin Bowman examines the closing years of the Second World War, as the tide turned against the German and Axis forces. It includes riveting first-hand accounts from German fighter pilots caught up in some of the most dramatic night time conflicts of the latter war years.
Viewing Bomber Command's operations through the eyes of the enemy, the reader is offered a fresh and intriguing perspective. Set in context by Bowman's historical narrative, these snippets of pilot testimony work to offer an authentic sense of the times at hand.
As featured on WW2 Today
WW2 Today
This book gives detailed accounts of some of the unforgiving meetings between the aircraft and crews of allied forces under Bomber Command and those of the Luftwaffe’s Nachtjagd during the latter years of WWII.
KitsandBits blog - Mark Dale
Much of the information provided of these encounters and the bitter aerial battles that resulted is given first hand, as experienced by aircrews on both sides of the conflict.
This wealth of information depth, first hand testimony and operational details along with the profiles of many of those involved from both sides of the conflict provides the reader a great insight in to the units and people involved during this period of the war.
As featured in
Fliegerblatt, 2016 (no.5)
Bowman, a British World War II aviation historian and author, traces the final two years of World War II, from 1943-1945, focusing on aerial battles between German night fighters and Allied bomber crews and their night-time conflicts, including the roles of specific pilots.
Protoview
About Martin W Bowman
With well over 100 published books, MARTIN W. BOWMAN is one of Britain’s best-known aviation historians and authors. Specialising in Second World War history and post-war aviation, Martin’s interest in these subjects was driven by the prolific number of RAF and USAAF air bases that were established in his native East Anglia. His previous books have included works such as Legend of the Lancaster, Confounding the Reich, Duxford and the Big Wings, as well as numerous titles in the exhaustive Air War series, which, between them, provide extensive coverage of operations carried out on D-Day and during the Market Garden offensive at Arnhem.
Pen and Sword Books
About Us | Contact Us | Delivery Information | Privacy Policy | Cookies | Affiliates | Terms and Conditions | Backlist | Mailing List | Reward Scheme | Review Request
© Pen and Sword Books Limited 2024. Registered in England No. 2527258.
Registered Office: 47 Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2AS.