Luftwaffe Fighters' Battle of Britain: Personal Accounts of the Battle of Britain by Luftwaffe Fighter Crews, July-October 1940

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Summary: Personal Accounts From The Battle of Britain
Review: This book pulls together personal accounts of luftwaffe fighter and zerstoerer pilots from the Battle of Britain. While the books attempts to focus on the luftwaffe it also contains many RAF accounts and pits both sides of the story together of individual fighter engagements from the battle. The result is a personal, and harrowing account of the battle showing the intensity and sacrifice at which it was fought. The author also summarises within these personal accounts the overall picture of the day(s) fighting that helps put things back into a strategic perspective. The end result is an enthralling account of the Battle of Britain supplemented with many photographs that is hard to put down. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the Battle of Britain and would like to note that there is a further book by the same author along the some theme 'The Luftwaffe Bombers' Battle of Britain'.