The Fighter Aces of the R.A.F.
Baker, E.C.R.
It is a surprising fact that perhaps only half a dozen or so of the fighter aces of the R.A.F. in the last war could be named by the general public. The others, some of whose feats equalled, or even excelled, the achievements of those who became famous, are virtually unknown. The author has devoted many years of research into collecting the personal life stories and combat details of the nearly fifty R.A.F. fighter pilots who each shot down and destroyed more than twenty hostile aircraft.
In this book, which combines historical accuracy with vivid description, will be found the stories of both the famous and the forgotten aces of the campaigns in the Western Desert, Greece, and Burma, of the gallant pilots who defended Malta, of the 'Few' who won the Battle of Britain, of the aces who scored their first kills in the early battles in France before Dunkirk, of the hunters who pursued and fought the Germans over their own territory in the latter part of the war, and of the intrepid band of pilots who went out in their Hurricanes, Beaufighters, and Mosquitos to take on the might of the Luftwaffe in the quiet stillness of the night.
soft cover
208 Seiten / pages
photos
very good condition
London - 1965 - William Kimber
Art.Nr. 23910
