The Spitfire: Icon Of A Nation - Hardcover

Rendall, Ivan

 
9780753826324: The Spitfire: Icon Of A Nation
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0753826321 ISBN 13: 9780753826324
Publisher: W&N, 2009

Synopsis

The inside story of an icon with a special place in the affections of a nation.

Designed to be the best fighter in the world the creators of the Spitfire married science, technology and art to create both 'a thing of beauty' and a deadly weapon that changed the course of the war.

'You don't just strap yourself in, you buckle the Spitfire on, like girding on armour...' Squadron Leader William Duncan Smith

The Spitfire is part of popular culture and from the Battle of Britain to the present day it has remained a national celebrity. As a focus of appeals, for scrap aluminium - 'turn your saucepans into Spitfires' - for the 'Spitfire Fund' and 'Wings for Victory Week' the British people had a stake in the Spitfire. Working People contributed through their companies to present Spitfires to the RAF in return for letters from the pilots. After the war, no victory flypast was complete without a Spitfire, and today no air show is over until the roar of the Merlin engine has been heard overhead.

This book, with its wealth of unusual contemporary imagery, modern photography, first-person reminiscence and high production standards is the last word on a subject of enduring appeal.

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About the Author

Ivan Rendall served in the RAF and was the producer and writer of the major BBC series, Reaching for the Skies. He is the managing director of Zenith TV and the author of six previous non-fiction titles.

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Publisher
W&N
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0753826321
ISBN 13 
9780753826324
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
352