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The Battle of Britain’s
Best Fighter
Spitfire and Hurricane vs. Bf 109
By Clive Rowley, MBE RAF (Ret.)
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Editorial
42
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Gallery
64
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In Theater
66
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Parting Shot
24
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Flying the Bf 109 in Combat
Luftwaffe ace Hans-Ekkehard Bob
recounts his experiences
by Nicholas Wright
32
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Lethal Lancer
Bad-to-the-bone B-1B bomber
by Ted Carlson
46
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Trolling for SAMs
Flying an F-4D decoy mission in Vietnam
By Lt. Col. Michael P. Kennedy (USAF Ret.)
ON THE COVER:
Bud Granley brings the busi-
ness end of the legendary Bf109E to bear on
its quarry. This is an E-3 version of Mess-
erschmitt's classic fighter and is part of the
Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum's
collection. (Photo composition by Betty Nero
from original photo by John Dibbs/Facebook.
com/theplanepicture)
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A Boeing B-1B Lancer (aka Bone)
EL 85-0072 "Polarized" of the 28th BW/34th
BS T-Birds on the runway during a full moon
night for takeoff at Ellsworth AFB, South
Dakota. Ellsworth is home to numerous B-1Bs
and is one of two bases that hosts operational
Bones. (Photo by Ted Carlson/Fotodynamics.
com)
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Hellcat Ace
“Mac” McWhorter splashes Zeros
By Robert F. Dorr
EDITORIAL
Deadly dance: Messerschmitt versus Hurricane.
Canadian aircraft collector Ed Russell’s magnificent
Bf 109E White 14 and Hawker Hurricane Little
Willie sweep through the skies in a scene played out
thousands of times during WW II. The two classic
fighters take part in the annual Friendly Foes Over
the Falls airshow near Toronto.
JULY AUG. 2021
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VOLUME 28, NO. 4
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ighty-one years ago, during the summer of 1940, the Battle of Britain
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theaters captivated audiences with clips of the rubble and bombed-
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stations, and most iconic, Mae West-clad Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter
pilots scrambling to their fighters on grassy runways, just alerted by Fighter
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The Battle was fought entirely by air, with the RAF eventually successful in
staving off the German Luftwaffe and averting a ground invasion.
Arguably, the three key combatants that tangled in the skies above
the channel coast and towns were the best fielded at the time: the British
Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane vs. the German Messerschmitt
109. But of these foes, which was the best?
In our feature story, “Best Fighter of the Battle of Britain,” modern jet fighter
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and some new criteria. Who is better qualified than a fighter pilot himself?!
Let’s see if you agree with his conclusion!
What happens inside a fighter’s cockpit is a drama only known by the pilot
himself and is perhaps what attracts us to the concept in the first place. It’s
why we like to hear directly from those who were there as to what they saw
and experienced. In keeping with this issue’s theme, we have a first-hand
account of flying the Bf 109 in combat by Luftwaffe ace Hans-Ekkehard Bob,
who flew in almost every major campaign from the invasion of Poland to the
Russian Front and including the Battle of Britain. Hans is also one of the few
elite pilots who flew the world’s first jet aircraft, the Me 262, in the desperate
waning days of the war.
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