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During the first chaotic months after the fall of the Third Reich, the RAE sent test pilots throughout the British Zone of Occupation to collect examples of the Luftwaffe's standard aircraft and then ferry them to Farnborough. Captain Eric Brown was a pilot in this ferrying operation. Here Brown delivers a detailed assessment of the characteristics of these principal German aircraft: Fw200C; Heinkel He162; Junkers Ju87; Dornier Do217; Messerschmitt Me262, Bf109G, Bf110, Me163, and several others.
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WINGS OF THE LUFTWAFFE. Flying German Aircraft Of The Second World War. Edited By William Green and Gordon Swanborough. Illustrated With Cutaway And Cockpit Interior Drawings By John Weal
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