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Author(s): Mark Hillier
ISBN(s): 9781473849952, 1473849950
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 6.55 MB
Year: 2018
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1473849969

ISBN 13: 9781473849969

Author:  Mark Hillier 

The Luftwaffe Battle of Britain Fighter Pilots’ Kitbag 1st Edition: 

Reichsmarschall Göring told Hitler that it would take less than a month for his much-vaunted Luftwaffe to conquer the RAF and pave the way for the German invasion of Great Britain. His prediction was to prove disastrously wrong, but for four long months his pilots and aircrew fought for their lives in the skies above the UK.

From their bases in continental Europe, the Luftwaffe’s fighter pilots escorted the great bomber fleets that sought to destroy the RAF’s airfields and installations, and tackled the Spitfires and Hurricanes deployed to defend Britain’s towns and cities. Whilst much has been written on the titanic struggle for supremacy fought throughout the summer of 1940 and of the men and machines of both sides, little attention has been paid to what the pilots wore and carried with them in the air.

All the objects that a Luftwaffe fighter pilot was issued with during the Battle of Britain are explored in this book in high-definition color photographs, showing everything from the differing uniforms, to headgear, personal weapons, gloves, goggles, parachute packs and the essential life jacket. Each item is fully described and its purpose and use explained.

Fly with the Messerschmitt Bf 109s and Bf 110s across the Channel and see what the Luftwaffe aircrew wore as they took on Fighter Command in what was justly called the Battle of Britain.

 

The Luftwaffe Battle of Britain Fighter Pilots’ Kitbag 1st Edition Table of contents:

  • Section 1: Flying helmets

    • Flying helmet models LKp W100 and LKp S100
    • Flying helmet models LKp S and LKp W101
    • Flying helmet model LKp N101 lightweight netting helmet
    • Flying helmet cover

  • Section 2: Oxygen masks

    • Model HM-5 and HM-15 oxygen masks
    • Model 10-69
    • Model HM-51, also known as the model 10-67

  • Section 3: Goggles

    • Windschutzbrille model 295 and Fliegerschutzbrille model 306
    • Splitterschutzbrille
    • Sunglasses

  • Section 4: Flying clothing

    • Sommerfliegerkombi, summer-weight flying coverall
    • Other flying coveralls
    • Private purchase flying jackets
    • Flying trousers
    • Pilots’ scarves
    • Flying boots
    • Gloves

  • Section 5: Lifesaving equipment

    • Schwimmweste, the inflatable life jackets
    • Kapok-filled life jacket model 10-76A
    • Seat-type parachute ‘Sitzfallschirm’ (FI 30231)
    • Back type parachute – Rückenfallschirm (FI 30245)
    • For wear with the seat-type parachute
    • Flare pistol
    • Luftwaffe fighter pilot’s leg/boot flare strap
    • Gravity knife
    • Luftwaffe pilot and navigator’s (observer’s) Armbandkompass AK39
    • Luftwaffe signal mirror ‘Blendspiegel’
    • Luftwaffe dye pack or Farbbeutel (‘bag of colours’)
    • Wound dressings and first aid kits

  • Section 6: Service dress

    • Tuchrock or service dress tunic
    • Fliegerbluse
    • Waffenrock
    • Summer tunic
    • Service shirts
    • Service trousers
    • Luftwaffe cable-knit sweater
    • Non-flying headgear
      • Schirmmütze
      • Sommermütze or summer cap
      • Fliegermütze
    • Service shoes/boots
    • Belts
    • Socks
    • Sports clothing
    • Steel helmet
    • Gas mask
    • Greatcoats, cloth and leather variety
    • Identity tags
    • Service pistol
    • Service pistol holster
    • Badges and Waffenfarbe
      • Waffenfarbe
      • The national emblem on uniforms
      • Flying badges
      • Other flying brevets
      • Rank insignia
      • Verwundetenabzeichen, wound badge
      • Cuff titles
      • Aiguillettes

  • Section 7: Other flying equipment and paperwork

    • Aircrew time pieces
    • Flight computer
    • Ground strafing/dive bombing flight computer
    • Maps
    • Faber number 3 pencils
    • Logbook
    • Soldbuch and Wehrpass
    • Handbook of the Luftwaffe

 

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