The Spitfire Kids - Couverture souple

Cross, Alasdair

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1472281993 ISBN 13 : 9781472281999

Editeur : Headline, 2022

Synopsis

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'An inspirational read celebrating the incredible young people who gave so much for this iconic British aircraft'. John Nichol, bestselling author of Spitfire: A Very British Love Story

Despite the many films and television programmes over the decades since the end of the Second World War that portrays our allied heroes as grown-up men and women, the Battle of Britain was in the main actually fought and won by teenagers. The average age of an RAF fighter pilot was just twenty years old. Many of the men and women who designed and built their planes were even younger.

Based on the hit BBC World Service podcast Spitfire: The People's Story, we use contemporary diaries and memoirs, many of them previously unpublished, to tell the story of the Spitfire through the voices of the teenagers who risked everything to design, build and fly her.

This isn't a story of stiff-upper lips, stoical moustaches and aerial heroics; it's a story of love and loss, a story of young people tested to the very limits of their endurance. Young people who won a battle that turned a war.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

ALASDAIR CROSS is a successful radio and TV producer with the BBC. Brought up in the Orkney Islands, an annual summer treat was Britain's smallest air show, once memorably visited by a powder pink Spitfire. He has worked on BBC's Coast and Countryfile and his radio series include BBC Radio Four's Terror Through Time with Fergal Keane and Neil Oliver's Iron Curtain as well as the BBC World Service podcast Spitfire: The People's Plane.

Historical Advisor: David Key runs the Supermariners website which researches and reconstructs the stories of the men and women who designed and built the Spitfire.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The Battle of Britain was fought and won by teenagers. The average age of a fighter pilot was just 20 years of age. Many of the men and women who designed and built their planes were even younger. Spitfire Kids is based on the hit BBC Worldwide podcast Spitfire: The People's Story, and uses contemporary diaries and memoirs, many of them previously unpublished, to tell the story of Britain's most iconic fighter aircraft through the voices of the young Britons who risked everything to design, build and fly her.

This isn't a story of stiff-upper lips, stoical moustaches and aerial heroics; it's a story of love and loss, a story of young people tested to the very limits of their endurance. They were vital in keeping the Royal Air Force fully operational - building parts, constructing radar systems, coordinating supplies, ferrying planes - whilst the Luffwaffe above tried to bomb them into destruction.

These were young people who won a battle that turned a war. Through fresh interviews and war diaries and personal correspondence, BBC radio producer Alasdair Cross recounts an incredible tale of courage and sacrifice that celebrates arguably Britain's greatest generation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Headline
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472281993
• ISBN 13: 9781472281999
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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