Battle of Britain
By: James Holland
Series: Duty calls
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780141332208; 9780141961132
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Teen fiction; War stories; Young adult fiction; Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940; Britain, Battle of (Great Britain : 1940) fast (OCoLC)fst00839040; Britain, Battle of (Great Britain : 1940) cct; Fiction
Description: Wednesday 24 July 1940. Pilot officer Archie Jackson, 19, is in control of the RAF's newest fighter aircraft, a supermarine spitfire. Now he has the Luftwaffe in his sights and only one thing matters: defending Britain. Suddenly planes are falling from the sky, exploding and spiralling into the English channel. France has fallen and the swastika flies over occupied Europe. Only these young pilots - barely out of boyhood - stand between Britain and a Nazi invasion ...