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What the RAF airman took to war

By Howard , BILL

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2015
ISBN
978-1-78442-077-2, 1784420778, 1784420557, 978-1-78442-055-0, 978-1-78442-078-9
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (6080179 bytes)
Series
Shire general
Pages
120\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
1939-1945 -- Aerial operationsAerial -- British.;Great Britain.British.;Great Britain. -- Royal Air Force.;FighteBritish.;TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military ScienFighter pilots -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th

Description

Between July and October 1940, in what became known as the Battle of Britain, a nation held its breath while the pilots of the Royal Air Force battled Hitler's Luftwaffe in the skies above England. Many lost their lives in this hard-fought episode and in the four years of air campaigns that followed. As Prime Minister Winston Churchill put it, "Never was so much owed by so many to so few." In this beautifully illustrated tribute to "The Few," Bill Howard catalogs the objects upon which every wartime pilot depended, from the superstitious good-luck charm to the parachute on which his life may depend, and other poignant items relating to the air war

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