Overview

The Messerschmitt Bf 110, was designed in the middle of the thirties at a time when the world's major air forces wanted to equip themselves with a long-range but also powerfully armed fighter. After a relatively convincing start in Poland in September 1939, the performance of the Zerstörer (destroyer) units declined rapidly with heavy losses, so much so that at the end of the Battle of Britain, it was decided to withdraw the Bf 110s from service and cease production. After the failure of its designated successor, the Me 210, the Bf 110 started a second career in a role for which it was not at all designed: nightfighter. The Zerstörer's second career was indeed infinitely more glorious since, in this new role the twin-engined plane turned out to be a formidable opponent for Allied aircraft; it scored more kills not only than any other Luftwaffe nightfighter but also more than all the aircraft of this type in all the air forces fighting in World War Two…

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I really like this book. It is not an in depth technical manual, but it does it purport to be; rather, it is an excellent introduction to and overview of a particular aircraft. It is almost a spotter's guide in the way it points out the various changes as the aircraft developed. * www.scaleplasticandrail.com *

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Since the seventies, André Jouineau has dedicated himself to studies in history and uniforms. Regular contributor to various magazines, he was appointed official painter of the Army in 1985 (title kept until 1994). Then, in the mid-nineties, he tackled computer illustration, which allowed ""creating"" a new uniformology genus.

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