Although the Spitfire is undoubtedly best known for its exploits against the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, its later war service with Fighter Command on all fronts against the Axis alliance was equally as important. This volume features the exploits of pilots who turned the tide against the Luftwaffe on the Western European and Mediterranean fronts, as well as the Japanese in the Far East, flying Spitfire Mk VIs, VIIs, VIIIs, IXs XIIs and XIVs. Names like Johnnie Johnson, Neville Duke and Donald Kingaby, plus a myriad of lesser known British, Polish, Canadian, American, Australian, Czech, Free French, New Zealand and Norwegian pilots, and their aircraft, are all covered in this book.
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Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series combines full colour artwork, the best archival contemporary photography, and first hand accounts from aces to bring history's greatest airborne conflicts to life.
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Dr Alfred Price served as an aircrew officer in the Royal Air Force, where he was a crewman on Vulcan bombers and specialised in electronic warfare and air fighting tactics. In a military flying career spanning fifteen years he logged over 4,000 flying hours. He left the service in 1974 and since then has been a full-time writer on aviation subjects. He is author of 46 books and more than 200 magazine articles. He holds a PhD in history from Loughborough University and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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If you are a lover of the Spitfire, a WWII airplane buff, or just need to read about the heroics of pilots flying Britain's best airplane, all three title in this series need to be in your collection of books. You will not be disappointed: diagrams, colors and marking, personal exploits. Excellent and readable writing.
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Redoubtable writer Alfred Price writed a good book, which gives a general picture of the pilots who fought in this kind of airplane. The plates, as always, are very well drawned and explains, with his legends, a lot about the pilots. Good job.
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On the afternoon of 30 July 1942 Flt Lt Donald Kingaby of No 64 Sqn scored his 16th aerial victory, and afterwards reported: 'I sighted approximately 12 Fw 190s 2000 ft below us at 12,000 ft just off Boulogne proceeding towards the French coast. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new gunsight, gyro gunsight, victory score, mph faster, bubble canopy, flight commander, aerial victory, eight aircraft, enemy aircraft, six aircraft, rear fuselage, flying bomb Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sqn Ldr, Biggin Hill, Fighter Command, Bruce Robertson, Wing Commander, World War, North Africa, Squadron Leader, Group Captain, Norman Franks, Battle of Britain, Escort Cover Wing, High Cover Wing, Jerry Scutts, Polish Fighting Team, Spitfire Mk Vllls, Tactical Air Force, Castel Volturno, Culmhead Wing, Middle East, New Zealand, Public Archives of Canada, New Guinea, Operational Training Unit New!
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On the afternoon of 30 July 1942 Flt Lt Donald Kingaby of No 64 Sqn scored his 16th aerial victory, and afterwards reported: 'I sighted approximately 12 Fw 190s 2000 ft below us at 12,000 ft just off Boulogne proceeding towards the French coast. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new gunsight, gyro gunsight, victory score, mph faster, bubble canopy, flight commander, aerial victory, eight aircraft, enemy aircraft, six aircraft, rear fuselage, flying bomb Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sqn Ldr, Biggin Hill, Fighter Command, Bruce Robertson, Wing Commander, World War, North Africa, Squadron Leader, Group Captain, Norman Franks, Battle of Britain, Escort Cover Wing, High Cover Wing, Jerry Scutts, Polish Fighting Team, Spitfire Mk Vllls, Tactical Air Force, Castel Volturno, Culmhead Wing, Middle East, New Zealand, Public Archives of Canada, New Guinea, Operational Training Unit New!
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- Nine Lives (Fighter Pilots) (Witness to War) by Albert / Ian Deere on page 14
- The Battle of Britain (Royal Air Force Official Histories: Air Defence of Great Britain, v.2) by T.C.G. James in Back Matter
- The Battle of Britain: Script and Score: A Story of the Few (Educational Musicals) by Daniel Hewitt in Back Matter
- Test Pilot by Neville Duke (DSO OBE DFC and 2 bars) on page 56
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