THE FEW: The American ""Knights of the Air"" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain

Kershaw, Alex

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Da Capo Press, NY, 2006

0306813033 / 9780306813030

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BOOK DESCRIPTION; 8vo, xi, 301 pgs, index, notes, biblio, photo illustrations. Dust Jacket as issued. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Fine; interior clean and tight. Unclipped DJ near fine in mylar sleeve. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: "By the summer of 1940 World War II had been under way for nearly a year. Hitler was triumphant and planning an invasion of England. But the United States was still a neutral country and, as Winston Churchill later observed, "the British people held the fort alone." A few Americans, however, did not remain neutral. They joined Britain's Royal Air Force to fight Hitler's air aces and help save Britain in its darkest hour. The Few is the never-before-told story of these thrill-seeking Americans who defied their country's neutrality laws to fly side-by-side with England's finest pilots. They flew the lethal and elegant Spitfire, and became "knights of the air." With minimal training and plenty of guts they dueled the skilled pilots of Germany's Luftwaffe in the blue skies over England. They shot down several of Germany's fearsome aces, and were feted as national heroes in Britain. By October 1940, they had helped England win the greatest air battle in the history of aviation. At war's end, just one of the "Few" would be alive. The others died flying, wearing the RAF's dark blue uniform-each with a shoulder patch depicting an American eagle. As Winston Churchill said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." (PUBLISHER).…

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Titre
THE FEW: The American ""Knights of the Air"" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain
Auteur
Kershaw, Alex
Éditeur
Da Capo Press, NY
Année de publication
2006
État de l'article
Fine
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Near Fine
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Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0306813033
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780306813030
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1st Edition
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