Spitfire Ace: Flying the Battle of Britain - Softcover

Davidson, Martin; Taylor, James

3.57

37 ratings by Goodreads

9780330435253: Spitfire Ace: Flying the Battle of Britain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330435256 ISBN 13: 9780330435253

Publisher: Pan Books, 2004

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The Battle of Britain, 1940, was one of the most famous air battles in the history of warfare and it is a story of ruthless organisation, brilliant control and command. But at its heart is one particular figure, a legend ever since - the RAF fighter pilot. And one particular plane - a piece of machinery that has almost mythic historical glamour - the Supermarine Spitfire.

Spitfire Ace reintroduces the few that flew in the Battle of Britain and includes interviews with many of the surviving veteran Spitfire pilots. Combined with a historical narrative of the events surrounding the Battle of Britain, you will learn for the first time what it was really like to fly a Spitfire and to experience combat flying at its most visceral.

Fully illustrated with 16 pages of photographs and contemporary archive material, Spitfire Ace provides a vivid portrait of the fighter boys and their finest hour, their planes (including Spitfires, Hurricanes and Messerchmitts) and Fighter Command - RAF versus the Luftwaffe.

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Spitfire Ace is among the best in a good year for oral histories. -- The Times

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A Sunday Times top ten bestseller in hardcover, Spitfire Ace provides a vivid portrait of the few that flew in the Battle of Britain, 1940.

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