The Final Few: The Last Surviving Pilots of the Battle of Britain Tell Their Stories

by Dilip Sarkar

Book Overview

During the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone, defying the Luftwaffe's aerial assault - the prelude to a proposed seaborne invasion. Fighter Command faced this challenge against overwhelming odds with immeasurable courage and tenacity, the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, immortalising these young Spitfire and Hurricane pilots as 'The Few'. Some 2,927 aircrew comprised the 'Few', 544 of whom made the ultimate sacrifice that fateful summer, now...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445642360
• ISBN13: 9781445642369
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"