RAF Fighter Pilots in WWII

RAF Fighter Pilots in WWII

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RAF Fighter Pilots in WWII




Author:Martin W. Bowman
Language:English
Format:Hardcover
Dimensions:6" x 9"
Pages:256
Photos:2 x 16 pages of black and white plates
Publisher:Pen and Sword Aviation
ISBN:9781783831920
Item No. 9781783831920



This is a pulsating account of the young RAF fighter boys who flew Spitfires, Hurricanes and Defiants in England against the Luftwaffe and from Malta 1940-45 against the Regia Aeronautica. Their story is told using combat reports and first person accounts from RAF, German and Commonwealth pilots who fought in the skies in France in 1940, in England during the Battle of Britain, and in the great air offensives over Occupied Europe from 1942 onwards. Chapters include the stories of Wing Commander D. R. S. Bader, Wing Commander Adolph Gysbert ‘Sailor’ Malan, Oberleutnant Ulrich Steinhilper, Flight Lieutenant H. M. Stephen, Squadron Leader Robert Stanford Tuck, ‘Johnny’ Johnson, Squadron Leader M. N. Crossley, Squadron Leader A. McKellar, ‘Cowboy’ Blatchford and Squadron Leader D. H. Smith, an Australian veteran of the Battle of Malta and many others whose names have now become legendary.