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GERMANY’S AIR ASSAULT
1939-1945
VER BRITAIN
£6.99
THE BATTLES
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THE MEN
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THE MACHINES
MESSERSCHMITT
A Model Aircraft
Perhaps more than any other, the
name Messerschmitt is associated
with the fearsome might of
the German Luftwaffe and
the danger Britain faced
during the dark days of the
Second World War. It has
become synonymous with
the air battles that raged in
the skies above Europe and is
often used as a catchword to
describe all enemy aircraft
that fought against the Allied
air forces during WWII.
At the very forefront of
aviation design during
the 1930s and 40s,
Messerschmitt were
responsible for
producing some of
the most significant
aircraft in the
history of aviation.
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CONTENTS
LUF TWAFFE OVER BRITAIN
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Enemy Coast Ahead:
The first
and final losses of the conflict.
An epic battle
ew in Britain would avoid
the reach of the Luftwa e
during the Second World
War. Even in the first six months of
1940, its early raids against maritime
targets dwarfed in scale the sorties
conducted by the Luftstreitkräfte in
the previous war.
While an invasion force readied
to cross the Channel, the Luftwa e
threatened to dismantle the key to
Britain’s defences, the RAF, in one
the largest aerial campaigns of that
global conflict. The battle for air
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First Blood:
Recounting the first
German losses in the Battle of Britain.
F
superiority was quickly followed
by the world’s first ever large-scale
sustained bombing campaign – the
Blitz – the assault on British cities and
on the morale of its people. Britain
endured, while the Luftwa e failed. By
D-Day in 1944, the raids had become
infrequent, opportunistic and costly
on the aggressor.
This is the incredible story of the
four-year air campaign that, for
the first time in modern history,
transformed large areas of Britain into
a major conflict zone.
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‘I’ve Been Hit!’:
The story of
one lucky Luftwa e pilot.
14
In The Cockpit:
The Story of
Three Luftwa e Fighter Pilots.
22
Dorniers Over Wales:
German bombers target new areas.
26
Target: London:
A Heinkel He
111H heads for the British capital.
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Who Shot Down Rolf?:
The
mystery behind Rolf Pingle’s Bf 109E-4,
which crash-landed in 1941.
36
Knights Of The Air:
The
bombers, fighters and o cers awarded
the highest German military accolade.
46
Last Night Of The Blitz:
The
night of 10-11 May 1941.
54
Tip-And-Run:
A fighter-bomber
pilot’s last mission over England...
60
Beginner’s Luck:
The raiders
weren’t going to get away with a terrible
strike on a London school.
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The Seaside Blitz:
A sudden
attack on Britain’s southern coast.
74
Stirring The Hornet’s Nest:
How intruder missions switched to the
Messerschmitt Me 410.
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A Flight Into Hell:
The
reinvention of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190
began with a dramatic failure...
Editor:
Chris Goss
Contributing Editors:
John Ash, Stu Fone
Designer:
Dan Jarman, Lee Howson
Chief Designer:
Steve Donovan
Production Manager:
Janet Watkins
Advertising Manager:
Alison Sanders
Advertising Production:
Debi McGowan
Group Advertising Manager:
Brodie Baxter
Group Marketing Manager:
Martin Steele
Group Editor:
Mark Elliott
Head of Circulation:
Ann Saundry
Group CEO:
Adrian Cox
Contacts
Key Publishing Ltd, PO Box 100, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 1XQ
Tel +44 (0)1780 755131
www.keypublishing.com
Distribution: Seymour Distribution Ltd, 2 Poultry Avenue,
London EC1A 9PT.
Tel +44 (0)20 74294000
Printed by:
Precision Colour Printing Ltd,
Haldane, Halesfield 1, Telford, Shropshire, TF7 4QQ
The entire contents of Luftwaffe Over Britain is copyright
© 2019. No part may be reproduced in any form, or
stored on any form of retrieval system, without the
prior permission of the publisher. Published by: Key
Publishing Ltd – see above.
Printed in England
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Caged Bird:
A prize captured at
RAF Pembrey, South Wales, in 1942.
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The Forgotten Bomber:
Karl
Geyr’s incredible story.
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One Man’s War:
An Austrian
pilot’s five-year flying career.
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Waiting For Overlord:
As D-Day looms, German bombers
continue their deadly campaign.
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LUF TWAFFE OVER BRITAIN
ENEMY COAST AHEAD
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Bf 110s in battle
formation.
(Chris Goss)
ZZ
The Do 17 was
a regular visitor
until mid 1941.
(Chris Goss)
ENEMY COAST
AHEAD
While hundreds of German aircraft were downed during the Battle of Britain and the
Blitz, many were lost in deadly aerial skrimishes before and after these famous actions.
ollowing the declaration of
war on 3 September 1939,
the Luftwa e was quickly
in action over the North
Sea and o the British coastline.
The first German aircraft to be shot
down in home waters came on 26
September 1939 and was a Dornier
F
Do 18 flying boat, Werk Nummer
731, coded M7+YK of 2 Sta el/
Küstenfliegergruppe 506, which was
shot down by three Blackburn Skuas
of 803 Sqn Fleet Air Arm, based on
HMS
Ark Royal.
The combat took
place o Rattray Head, 30 miles north
of Aberdeen, and the credit for its
destruction went to Lt B S McEwen
and his gunner. Lt Wilhelm von
Reitzensten and his crew were later
rescued from their dinghy by HMS
Somali.
It was not until 16 October
1939 that the first losses occurred in
British airspace. During an attack on
Royal Navy vessels in the Firth of
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ENEMY COAST AHEAD
LUF TWAFFE OVER BRITAIN
Forth, two Junkers Ju 88s of I./
Kampfgeschwader 30 were shot down
by Spitfires of 602 and 603 Sqns into
the sea. Oblt Hans Storp and two of
his crew from 1./KG 30 were captured
and one killed, while Hptm Helmut
Pohle of 2./KG 30 was the only survivor
from his aircraft. Just 12 days later the
first German crashed on British soil,
at Humbie, just outside Edinburgh.
While on a reconnaissance of the Firth
of Forth, a Heinkel He 111 of Stab./KG
26 was intercepted by 602 and 603
Sqns and forced down. Pilot U z Kurt
Lemkuhl and observer Lt Rolf Nieho
were captured and two were killed.
Over the months and years that
followed, German operations intensified
and losses understandably increased.
This was very evident in the Battle
of Britain and the Blitz periods but,
following the last night of the Blitz
against London on 10-11 May 1941,
German aircraft moved eastwards
ready for the invasion of the USSR on
Z
"Over the months and years that followed,
German operations intensified and losses
understandably increased...”
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