Last of the few
Subtitle: the Battle of Britain in the words of the pilots who won it
By: Max Arthur
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Windsor/Paragon; Windsor
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781445854656; 9781445854663
Subjects: Warfare and Defence; British Personal narratives; Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940; British Aerial operations; British; World War, 1939-1945; Large type books; Aerial Military operations
Description: "After the fall of France in May 1940, Hitler set his sights on the invasion of Britain. He knew that he must first gain control of the skies if his invasion was to succeed, and soon had a vast fleet ranged along the French coast. His obstacle was the small and under-resourced Royal Air Force. And so began the Battle of Britain: thirteen weeks which saw 2 500 young RAF pilots pitted against the German Luftwaffe, high above the English Channel. ... Max Arthur has interviewed many veterans and drawn on sound archives and written testimonies of that short but hugely significant battle. In their own words, their memories undimmed by the passage of time, they tell of their experiences."--Back cover.
Notes: Originally published: London: Virgin, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Learning to fly and joining up; title: 2. First combat and the battle for France; title: 3. The Battle of Britain phase 1: The Channel battles, 1 July to 11 August [1940]; title: 4. The Battle of Britain phase 2: Eagle attack: assault against the coastal airfields, 12-23 August [1940]; title: 5. The Battle of Britain phase 3: the Luftwaffe targets the airfields, 24 August to 6 September [1940]; title: 6. The Battle of Britain phase 4: The tide turns, 7 September to 31 October [1940].