Spitfire Pilot - Couverture souple

Crook, David; Vigors, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0753729997 ISBN 13 : 9780753729991

Editeur : Bounty, 2015

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

...a tremendous personal account of one of the fiercest and most famous air conflicts seen through the eyes of a pilot of No.609 Squadron - and an impressive first-hand account of a wartime fighter pilot in Britain's darkest hours. Crook and his colleagues committed acts of unimaginable bravery against the German aircraft. Many did not make it and the author describes the ansence they leave in the squadron with great poignancy. His descriptions of aerial conflict will rarely be bettered. --World War II Magazine

Many books have been written about combat in the Battle of Britain. In my opinion the benchmark remains Richard Hillary's The Last Enemy but Crook's book is up there with the best of the rest. So, should you buy it? Yes, even if you are simply looking for well written reports of actions in the skies. I'm also glad to have a copy because of what it can tell us about life and attitudes in a squadron with an AAF number plate in Fighter Command, at the time of the latter's greatest test. Buy it for that reason as well and you will not be disappointed. --The Journal of the RAF Historical Society

A unique personal insight into one of the crucial periods of the war ... I cannot recommend this highly enough. --Spectator

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"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 idealised air conflicts - the Battle of Britain - seen through the eyes of a pilot of the famous 609 Squadron, which shot down over 100 planes in that epic contest. Often hopelessly outnumbered, in their state of the art Spitfires, Crook and his colleagues committed acts of unimaginable bravery against the Messerschmidts and Junkers. Many did not make it and the author describes the absence they leave in the squadron with great poignancy. "Spitfire Pilot" is justly regarded as one of the classics of WWII and this new paperback edition, 66 years on, includes an introduction by the historian Richard Overy.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bounty
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0753729997
• ISBN 13: 9780753729991
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208