The finished book will be over 400 pages, and in order to keep the book price as low as possible, I have elected to print the interior in black and white. The contents will be along the same lines as my previous book covering WW1 aircraft, but will in addition have chapters where the effects of compressibility and other effects specific to this later generation aircraft is covered. However, this new book will of course still do the same comparisons of speed, climb, dive, dive and zoom, sustained and instantaneous turn performance as was done in my  book covering WW1 aircraft given that these metrics are also for WW2 aircraft the most important ones to gauge how aircraft compare in terms of flight performance. Added to that it does not only cover the standard Spitfire Mk I and Bf 109 E-4 and E-7 versions that saw combat during the Battle of Britain, but will also aided by C++ simulations look into some alternative “what if” scenarios, such as how would a Spitfire with a smaller wing area comparable to that on a Bf 109 E-4 have fared against the latter, and would this have been a good idea or not?

In the below pictures is a draft version of the planned contents, and a thumbnail collection of the pages from the latest draft which while still work in progress nonetheless gives a good idea about the scope of this book. The book is close to completion, and I’m targeting a publishing date in the mid 2025 timeframe. 

Snapshot of the current contents pages: