Last of the few
Subtitle: the Battle of Britain in the words of the pilots who won it
By: Max Arthur
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781616083083
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force; British Personal narratives; Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940; British Aerial operations; Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945; History
Description: Presents personal accounts of the pilots who fought and survived that battle.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index.
Table of contents: title: Learning to fly and joining up; title: first combat and the battle for France; title: The Battle of Britain phase I : the Channel battles 1 July to 11 August; title: The Battle of Britain phase II : Eagle attack : assault against the coastal airfields 12-23 August; title: The Battle of Britain phase III : the Luftwaffe targets the airfields 24 August to 6 September; title: The Battle of Britain phase IV : the tide turns 7 September to 31 October.