Description

The story of the Slovak and Bulgarian aces and how they fought alongside Germany in Messerschmitts.

In 1939, Slovakia signed a protection agreement with the German Reich and joined the attack on Poland, where its Avia B-534-equipped fighter squadrons claimed their first kills. In October 1942, having made do with obsolete aircraft, the Slovaks were equipped with Bf 109Es and eventually acquired 43 Messerschmitt fighters. The Slovaks would claim over 215 kills.

Although it supported German efforts in Yugoslavia and Greece, Bulgaria did not declare war on Russia. First seeing action in August 1943, Bulgarian fighter pilots used their Bf 109Gs to good effect. As this book outlines, from late 1943 through to mid-1944, the Bulgarian pilots attempted to defend the country from American bombers, and Stoyanov and Bochev made ace during this period.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Aces in Avias
Eastern Front
In Slovakian skies
Top three Slovakian aces
Target Sofia

Product details

Published Dec 20 2012
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781782008521
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 111 b/w; 16 col
Series Aircraft of the Aces
Short code ACE 58
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Jiri Rajlich

Jiri Rajlich is an aviation historian based in the…

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Stephan Boshniakov

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Petko Mandjukov

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Illustrator

John Weal

John Weal is Osprey's primary Luftwaffe author and…

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