Product Highlights
Luftwaffe Bombers vs British AA Defences: Britain 1940-41 (ISBN 9781472865762) is a softcover title in Osprey's Duel series by aviation historian Donald Nijboer.
Features
- 80 pages
- Color artwork plates and maps; black & white and color photographs and illustrations
- Book dimensions are 7" x 10"
- Softcover
About the book
The book examines the British Army's Anti-Aircraft (AA) Command's performance against the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain and the Blitz. When the Battle of Britain began in July 1940, the Luftwaffe committed more than 1,200 medium bombers, 300 Ju 87 Stukas and 760 Bf 109 and Bf 110 fighters, while British AA Command fielded 359 4.5in., 666 3.7in. and 226 3in. guns along with 3,538 light and medium AA guns, though it remained under-gunned and overstretched. AA gunners are credited with shooting down some 300 German aircraft by the end of the Battle of Britain on October 31, 1940, a total that rose to 578 by the close of the Blitz on May 11, 1941, and with turning back an estimated 48 percent of Luftwaffe bombers through heavy fire.
