The Few: The Story of the Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots

by Dilip Sarkar

Book Overview

The Battle of Britain started on 10 July 1940, ending 16 weeks later on 31 October 1940. The Luftwaffe's intention was to destroy Fighter Command, domination of the skies being crucial to Hitler's invasion plan. During that fateful summer, young RAF fighter pilots, flying Spitfires and Hurricanes, were scrambled time and time again to face insuperable odds - and the Luftwaffe was, until that point, unbeaten. The enemy fighter pilots, in their brightly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445607018
• ISBN13: 9781445607016
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.8"