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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Signed copy. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> At first light on the morning of 1st January 1945 over 800 Luftwaffe fighters took off from their bases in Germany to attack Allied airfields in Holland Belgium and France. Some of these surprise attacks proved successful some were hardly noticed while others were disastrous for the attackers. Basing his account on information from both Wing and Squadron diaries and with many first-hand accounts from the men who were there Norman Franks paints a definitive picture of that winter morning and the rest of the day. In these attacks and in the air battles which were fought at low level across the open countrysides and over towns in the Low Countries the Luftwaffe lost up to 300 of their fighter aircraft and over 200 pilots were killed or taken prisoner. The Allied air forces lost some 200 aircraft with little loss of life and were able to replace their losses within days whereas the Luftwaffe had greater difficulty in finding new pilots. (SP)