Life as a Battle of Britain Spitfire Pilot
Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II, Science & Nature, Technology
| Author: | Arthur Donahue | ISBN: | 9781445644745 |
| Publisher: | Amberley Publishing | Publication: | June 15, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Amberley Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Arthur Donahue |
| ISBN: | 9781445644745 |
| Publisher: | Amberley Publishing |
| Publication: | June 15, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Amberley Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Summer 1940, Britain is on the brink, fewer than 3,000 RAF fighter pilots stand between Hitler’s Luftwaffe and air supremacy over the skies of southern England – the prerequisite for a German invasion. What was it like to fly a Spitfire? To shoot down a German bomber over London? Or to be shot down by the closely matched Messerschmitt Me 109? This concise account of daily life in August and September 1940, written by a fighter pilot who fought in the Battle, is the ideal introduction to the story of the Battle of Britain. The book includes 43 contemporary colour and black-and-white photographs.
Summer 1940, Britain is on the brink, fewer than 3,000 RAF fighter pilots stand between Hitler’s Luftwaffe and air supremacy over the skies of southern England – the prerequisite for a German invasion. What was it like to fly a Spitfire? To shoot down a German bomber over London? Or to be shot down by the closely matched Messerschmitt Me 109? This concise account of daily life in August and September 1940, written by a fighter pilot who fought in the Battle, is the ideal introduction to the story of the Battle of Britain. The book includes 43 contemporary colour and black-and-white photographs.
