Arguably one of the finest piston-engined fighters ever built, the Bf 109 was a potent aeroplane from the start of its development in the 1930s. Central to the many victories the Germans achieved in the first nine months of World War II, before it encountered the unbeatable Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain, the Bf 109E was a match for anything in the skies over Poland, the Low Countries and France. Through first-hand accounts from the fighter pilots in combat, specially commissioned ribbon diagrams, full-colour artwork and more than 50 carefully selected photographs, aviation expert Malcolm V. Lowe examines what it was like to fly the Bf 109D/E against a multitude of Allied fighter types during the early campaigns of World War II. Tactical ribbon diagrams, Battlescene artwork, Armament views, Fully illustrated throughout Book jacket.