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Night Fighters: Luftwaffe and RAF Air Combat over Europe, 1939-1945
Night Fighters Luftwaffe and RAF Air Combat over Europe 19391945 Author:Colin D. Heaton, Anne-Marie Lewis Night Fighters examines the historical, technological, tactical, and strategic evolution of limited visibility aerial combat as the air forces of Great Britain and Germany dueled in the night skies during WWII. The book is based on extensive research and interviews with the key planners responsible for their respective national strategies... more » governing the conduct of the nighttime air war as well as the airmen who fought the war. This arena of WWII combat produced a plethora of technological innovations, the results of which are seen today in everyday military and civilian life. This book provides a detailed historical analysis of the men, methods, machines, and devices that forever altered the course of aviation, military, and scientific history during the air war in the night skies of WWII.« less