Luftwaffe Encore: A Study of Two Attacks in September 1940

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 223pp., b/w plates, maps, appends., index, On September 25th 1940 a huge force of Heinkel and Messerschmitt aircraft successfully penetrated British defences and executed a devastating attack on the factory complex of the Bristol Aeroplane Company at Filton near Bristol. Two days later another attack on the Bristol area was routed over Filton by the Spitfire and Hurricane pilots of four fighter squadrons. This was a complete disaster for the Luftwaffe. This detailed analysis and reconstruction of the raids settles many of the controversies that have surrounded them. Drawing on hitherto unused German sources and profusely illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs.