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Air Combat Legends Volume 1-Supermarine Spitfire and Messerschmitt Bf 109

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The Spit and the Messerschmitt have gone down in history because of their roles in the Battle of Britain. There will long be arguments over which was the better plane. Very similar in size, design and performance, both planes were the state of the art of aircraft design when they met in late 1940. Both planes had a single low wing, a V-12 liquid cooled engine, and look very much alike. Which was the better plane, that's a subject calling for beer around a fireplace.

This book will halp you in your discussions, on either side. 148 pages talk about the Spit. I can't say that evey possible variation was covered, but there are a lot of variations here that I never heard of including specialized recon, the Griffin engined models, and several versions of the SeaFire. Also well documented is the American use of the Spitfire. Some 272 machines were flown by the Americans.

97 pages document the Messerschmitt. As with the Spit it begins with the early development and continues through the various versions to conclude with the after war production in Czechoslovakia and Spain.

This book is certain to become a standard reference book on the two planes.

It is a good book. It has a lot of pictures and also too many wrong information. It's a shame. David Donald haven't made a final revision.