Arrival of eagles : Luftwaffe landings in Britain 1939-1945 / Andy Saunders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saunders, Andy (Aviation historian), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany. Luftwaffe--History--World War, 1939-1945.

Germany.

Germany. Luftwaffe.

World War (1939-1945).

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German.

World War, 1939-1945.

Military operations, Aerial--German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Grub Street, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During World War Two around 1,200 Luftwaffe aircraft arrived on the ground in the UK or in its surrounding coastal waters, although not all through 'conventional' combat circumstances. Some had got lost, others were brought by defectors, and some fell foul of electronic countermeasures implemented by the RAF. All manner of types appeared - He 111, Go 145, Me 110, Ju 88, Me 109 E, F and G, Fw 190, Do 217 - and all were of great interest to the RAF. In some cases aircraft were repaired and test flown, betraying vital and invaluable information. These astonishing stories range from a diminutive Luftwaffe mail courier aircraft lost in English Channel fog, a dramatic dogfitght, the extraordinary arrival in Britain of Rudolf Hess in a Messerschmitt 110, right through to the supposed, and yet completely surreal, plot to kidnap Hitler and bring him to Britain in his personal Focke Wulf 200 Condor.

Contents:

First Eagle down

On the run

Lost post

Rooftop pursuit

Battle of Graveney Marshes

Edelweiss in the clover

'Bale out!'

Strange case of Albert Horn

Turncoat Messerschmitt

To get a butcher bird

Caught in the Meacon's trap

Thieves, defectors and others

Grey war

For you, the war is over

Miscellany of Eagles

Kidnap Hitler!

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-185) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781909808393

1909808393