About this title: Spitfire Pilot is the exhilarating and moving memoir of D. M. Crook, an airman in the legendary 609 Squadron--one of the most successful RAF units in the Battle of Britain. Beginning with his fond recollections of his halcyon days in training--acrobatics, night flying, and languorous days spent playing sport--Crook goes on to recount in thrilling detail the dogfights, remarkable victories, and tragic losses which formed the daily routine of Britain's heroic aerial defenders in that long summer of 1940. Often hopelessly outnumbered, the men of 609 Squadron in their state-of-the-art Spitfires ...
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Greenhill Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781853677144ISBN:1853677140
Description: New. The dramatic memoir of a WWII Spitfire pilot, recounting the thrill and horror of aerial combat during the Battle of Britain. 8pp plates. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: GREENHILL BOOKS
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781853677144ISBN:1853677140
Description: Published by Greenhill Books in 2006. Hardback with Dust jacket. Number of pages: 208. Condition: Acceptable. Reading copy ONLY Ex-library book (usual stamps and marks). Roll to spine. *Photos loose*. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
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