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Sharks Of The Air – Willy Messerschmitt And The Development Of History’s First Operational Jet Fighter

AUTHOR – James Neal Harvey
PUBLISHER – Casemate
FORMAT -Softback
PAGES – 402
PUBLISHED – 2020
ISBN – 978 1 61200 892 9

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Category: Product ID: 7072

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Sharks of the Air tells the story of Willy Messerschmitt’s life, and shows how this aeronautical genius built many revolutionary aeroplanes―including the Luftwaffe’s mainstay, the Me-109―and culminating in the Me-262. It describes how his various warplanes fought in Spain, Poland, France, Britain, the U.S.S.R., and over Germany, and it provides thrilling accounts of air battles drawn from combat reports and interviews with veterans. This book also shows how Messerschmitt was affected by Nazi politics, and describes his intense rivalries with other aircraft designers. It reveals aspects of his life never before made public, including his love affair with Baroness Lilly Michel-Rolino, a rich aristocrat who left her husband to live with Willy. Finally, it shows how in Word War II Messerschmitt believed he was loyally supporting the Fatherland, until he realised too late that Hitler was a madman. Like many of the technical innovations of Nazi Germany in the war, production arrived too late in order to change the final outcome.

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