RAF Fighter Pilots in WWII
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RAF Fighter Pilots in WWII

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

RAF Fighter Pilots in WWII

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Chapter 1: Legless Ace
  7. Chapter 2: Heavy Odds
  8. Chapter 3: Eagle Squadron
  9. Chapter 4: First Of Our First
  10. Chapter 5: Adventure’s Best Ending
  11. Chapter 6: Their Finest Hour
  12. Chapter 7: Biggin Hill 1940
  13. Chapter 8: Five In A Day
  14. Chapter 9: Winged Crusaders
  15. Chapter 10: ā€˜Red Knight’
  16. Chapter 11: ā€˜Archie’
  17. Chapter 12: Combat Report
  18. Chapter 13: Two Pilots
  19. Chapter 14: They Flew Defiants
  20. Chapter 15: A Station Commander Looks Back
  21. Chapter 16: Hanged By the Neck
  22. Chapter 17: Italian Interlude
  23. Chapter 18: RAAF
  24. Chapter 19: The Battle of Malta
  25. Chapter 20: The Spits
  26. Chapter 21: Night Fighter Triumphs
  27. Chapter 22: A Magnificent Leader