BF 109 ACES OF NORTH AFRICA

The Osprey Aircraft of the Aces Series focuses exclusively on elite pilots. Volume 2 features the North African and Mediterranean campaign. Totally outnumbered throughout their short two-year sojourn in the Western Desert, the crack fighter pilots of the handful of Jagdgeschwader in-theatre fought an effective campaign in support of Rommel's Afrika Korps against the British and American forces. Relying almost exclusively on the Luftwaffe's staple fighter of WWII, the Messerschmitt Bf 109, the battle-hardened aces used the aircaft's superior performance to achieve incredible scores against the Allies.