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    Title
    Nest of Eagles
    Subtitle
    Messerschmitt Production and Flight-testing at Regensburg 1936-1945
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Peter Schmoll
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 192
    Width: 226 mm
    Height: 303 mm
    Thickness: 20 mm
    Weight: 1,179 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9781906537128
    ISBN 10: 1906537127
    Classifications
    BIC subject category: HBLW
    Dewey: 623.74640943
    BISAC category code: HIS014000
    BISAC category code: HIS027140
    BISAC category code: HIS027100
    BIC time period qualifier: 3JJH
    BIC geographical qualifier: 1DFG
    Dewey: 623.7464
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T5.4
    LC classification: D
    BISAC category code: TRA002010
    Illustrations note
    Illustrations
    Publisher
    Ian Allan Publishing
    Imprint name
    Classic Publications
    Publication date
    04 February 2010
    Publication City/Country
    Burgess Hill/GB
    Main description
    This book offers a unique and highly detailed insight into the workings of one of Nazi Germany's main wartime aircraft production centers?the famous Messerschmitt works at Regensburg as well as the neighboring airfield at Obertraubling. It is illustrated with many rare German photographs of aircraft construction, test flying, and the visits and meetings of key Nazi and Luftwaffe personnel at Regensburg, most of which have not been seen before. Despite being the target of heavy U.S. bombing raids between 1943 and 1945, the plant produced 170 Messerschmitt Bf 109Es, 779 Bf 110s, and 34 Me 210s prior to being attacked. Production reached its peak in October 1944, when it built 755 Bf 109 G/Ks out of an annual total of 6,318 such aircraft. A further 1,074 fighters were produced in 1945.