Denis Barnham: 2 books
Malta Spitfire Pilot
Ten Weeks of Terror, April–June 1942
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
An RAF fighter pilot’s “intensely vivid” account of the siege of Malta in World War II (The Times Literary Supplement).
In the summer of 1942, Malta was vulnerable to air attack from the Germans and Italians, and defended by a handful of Spitfires and a few anti-aircraft guns. Denis Barnham,...
Malta Spitfire Pilot
A Personal Account of Ten Weeks of War, April-June 1942
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
‘The Germans had watched our arrival on radar and that afternoon all Hell broke loose over the Maltese airfields. In spite of strenuous efforts by the fighters and antiaircraft gun defenses, the Ju 87 and Ju 88 dive-bombers and strafing Messerschmitts managed to damage and destroy several of the...