FlyPast June issue – Jets of World War Two Souvenir Edition

Featuring:

Toppling ‘Doodlebugs’
Air Cdre Graham Pitchfork charts the RAF’s first Gloster Meteor ‘ops’.

Swept-Wing Future
Chris Goss presents a portfolio featuring the Luftwaffe’s most famous jet fighter of World War II – the Me 262.

‘People’s Fighter’
Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown was one of very few Allied pilots to fly Heinkel’s jet interceptor; the He 162. He describes his experiences.

Pushing Boundaries
America caught up quickly in the ‘jet race’, producing an array of designs. Warren Thompson describes the successes and failures.

PLUS!

Alone, Unarmed & Unafraid
Former RAF Group Captain and one-time RF-101 pilot Nigel Walpole examines the dangerous work of Voodoo recce pilots in Southeast Asia.

Return of the Eagles
Details of a new UK display team are revealed by the team’s operations manager, Rachel Morris.

Spotlight on…

Messerschmitt Bf 109

Origin and History
Germany’s most numerous World War II fighter, the Bf 109 was a fearsome adversary.

Men Behind the Bf 109
Chris Goss describes the service careers of three 4/JG 2 pilots, all of whom survived the war.

Messerschmitt in Profile
Three-view artwork of Obit Ulrich Steinhilper’s Bf 109E by artist Pete West.

In Combat
Wilhelm Balthasar was one of the highest scoring ‘aces’ of the war’s early years, but has largely been forgotten.

And much more!

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