The book · in preparation

Flown by
the Enemy

Wartime test reports on captured fighters, 1942–1945. Annotated and illustrated.

Chapter 1 opening page

When a lost pilot landed on the wrong side, test pilots flew his aircraft and wrote down everything they found. This book prints those reports in full, transcribed from the originals, with the story behind each aircraft and notes that explain what the testers meant.

Inside
  • The wrong airfield: Fw 190 A-3 MP499 lands in Wales, 1942
  • Catching up: the Spitfire IX against the Fw 190
  • Messerschmitt's own verdict: Fw 190 A-5 against Me 109 G-1
  • The Thunderbolt at low level: the P-47 against the Fw 190
  • TP814: the RAF flies a Bf 109 G-6
  • The other side: German pilots in American fighters
Format

Large-format paperback and Kindle on Amazon · PDF on Gumroad

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Drawings from chapter 1

Each chapter has full-page drawings of the mechanical and cockpit differences the testers wrote about.

Levers against buttons: Spitfire V and Fw 190 A-3 controls
Drawing A · Levers against buttons. Illustration.
Bunt against roll-and-pull dive entry
Drawing B · Straight down, or over the top. Illustration.