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| Author | : David Crook |
| Publisher | : Grub Street Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 111 |
| Release | : 2008-06-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1909808792 |
“A brilliant first-hand account of the life of a fighter pilot” in World War II (The Spectator). Spitfire Pilot was written in 1940 in the heat of battle, when the RAF stood alone against the might of Hitler’s Third Reich. It is a tremendous personal account of one of the fiercest and most idealized air conflicts—the Battle of Britain—seen through the eyes of a pilot of the famous 609 Squadron, which shot down over one hundred planes in that epic contest. Often hopelessly outnumbered, David Crook and his colleagues, in their state-of-the-art Spitfires, committed acts of unimaginable bravery against the Messerschmitts and the Junkers. Many did not make it—and Crook describes the absence they leave in the squadron with great poignancy. Includes an introduction by historian Richard Overy
| Author | : Duncan Smith |
| Publisher | : John Murray Pubs Limited |
| Total Pages | : 235 |
| Release | : 2004-07-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780719554841 |
Group Captain Duncan Smith flew and fought in front-line operations continuously from the Battle of Britain through the struggle for Malta, the invasion of Italy and the liberation of France. This account presents his dramatic story of the air war from the cockpit of the now legendary spitfire. As a pre-war RAFVR pilot Duncan Smith completed his training during the first year of war. From contact with pilots seasoned over France and in the Battle of Britain, 'Smithy', as he was popularly known, became convinced that effective air fighting required a combination of strong leadership and teamwork. This is the thrilling account if his experiences, flying in formation and solo, written with an immediacy that places the reader in the cockpit along with him.
| Author | : Ulrich Steinhilper |
| Publisher | : Crecy Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940 |
| ISBN | : 9781872836003 |
Ulrich describes his 150 grueling missions as a fighter pilot par excellence, until being shot down and captured over England in October 1940.
| Author | : Douglas Bader |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2006-05-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1473814065 |
The only book written by the legendary “legless” ace, the double amputee World War II fighter pilot immortalized by the film Reach for the Sky. In Fight for the Sky, Douglas Bader tells the inspiring story of the Battle of Britain from the viewpoint of “The Few.” Using superb illustrations he traces the development of the Spitfire and Hurricane and describes the nail-biting actions of those who flew them against far superior numbers of enemy aircraft. As an added bonus, other well-known fighter aces including Johnnie Johnson, “Laddie” Lucas and Max Aikten contribute to Douglas’s book, no doubt out of affection and respect. This a really important contribution to RAF history by one of the greatest—and certainly the most famous—pilot of the Second World War.
| Author | : Terence Kelly |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword Aviation |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Fighter pilots |
| ISBN | : 9781844150649 |
This book looks at the operation the the aircraft that flew in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East throughout World War II. It includes many first-hand accounts from the pilots themselves who relive exciting memories of flying the aircraft in combat.
| Author | : Roger Hall |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940 |
| ISBN | : 9781445605579 |
The intensely evocative memoir of one of 'the Few', Spitfire pilot Roger Hall. The Battle of Britain memoir of Roger Hall, a Spitfire pilot in 152 Squadron based in the South East of England, the heart of the fighting during the epic battle. Roger recounts in exhaustive detail his own experience of air-to-air combat with Me109s and Me110s (he shot down three enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain), and that of his fellow pilots. Hall had no compunction in revealing his fear of wartime flying. He strips away the veneer of glory, smart uniforms and wild parties and uncovers the ordinary, very human young men who lived a life in which there was no tomorrow. There is no nostalgia here.
| Author | : Dilip Sarkar |
| Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
| Total Pages | : 534 |
| Release | : 2010-09-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1445624575 |
Spitfire fighter pilots tell their extraordinary stories of combat during the Second World War.
| Author | : Jonathan Glancey |
| Publisher | : Atlantic Books Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 275 |
| Release | : 2014-08-07 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0857895109 |
Updated edition to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. It is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. An aircraft imbued with balletic grace and extraordinary versatility, it was powered by a piston engine and a propeller, yet came tantalisingly close to breaking the sound barrier. First flown in 1936, the Spitfire soon came to symbolize Britain's defiance of Nazi Germany in the summer of 1940. Spitfire: The Biography is a celebration of a great British invention, of the men and women who flew it and supported its development, and of the industry that manufactured both the aircraft and the Rolls-Royce engines that powered it. It is also about the ways in which the sight, sound and fury of this lithe and legendary fighter continue to stir the public imagination worldwide more than eighty years on.
| Author | : Brian Cull |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Spitfire (Fighter plane) |
| ISBN | : 9781902304328 |
Here's a day-by-day historical account of Malta Spitfore operations, leading up to and during the invasion, with peraonal accounts.
| Author | : Martin Davidson |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2015-10-22 |
| Genre | : Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940 |
| ISBN | : 9781509812073 |
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.
