Arrival Of Eagles Luftwaffe Landings In Britain 19391945

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During World War Two around 1,200 Luftwaffe aircraft arrived on the ground in the UK or in its surrounding coastal waters, although not all through 'conventional' combat circumstances. Some had got lost, others were brought by defectors, and some fell foul of electronic countermeasures implemented by the RAF. All manner of types appeared - He 111, Go 145, Me 110, Ju 88, Me 109 E, F and G, Fw 190, Do 217 - and all were of great interest to the RAF. In some cases aircraft were repaired and test flown, betraying vital and invaluable information. These astonishing stories range from a diminutive Luftwaffe mail courier aircraft lost in English Channel fog, a dramatic dogfitght, the extraordinary arrival in Britain of Rudolf Hess in a Messerschmitt 110, right through to the supposed, and yet completely surreal, plot to kidnap Hitler and bring him to Britain in his personal Focke Wulf 200 Condor.