Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Spitfire Smiths The Spitfire Smiths R. I. A. Smith viii, 216 p., [16] p. of plates : 23 cm OL13784085W
Spitfire in combat Spitfire in combat Alfred Price viii, 180 p. : 27 cm OL18703811W
Last of the few Last of the few Max Arthur Presents personal accounts of the pilots who fought and survived that battle. OL19951142W
The Kamikaze hunters The Kamikaze hunters Will Iredale "Follows a group of young men who fought towards the end of World War II, from their enlistment and initial training to the terrifying and unexpected reality of fighting against pilots who would rath… OL20031836W
Harry's War Harry's War Harry Drinkwater Summary:'I saw several fellows fall, one fellow coughing up blood and all the time, bullets were hacking about me. I ran for about 70 yards carrying with me all the Lewis gun things I had brought up … OL21060233W
The Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain John Philip Ray July 1940: as Britain stood alone, the Army exhausted and defeated by the Wehrmacht and the Royal Navy stretched worldwide, only the English Channel and the RAF remained between Britain and the expec… OL3019509W
The Royal Flying Corps in France The Royal Flying Corps in France Ralph Barker xi, 237 p., [16] p. of plates : 25 cm OL3072866W
War in a Stringbag War in a Stringbag Charles Lamb Commander Charles Lamb fought an exceptional war flying the slow and obsolete Fairey Swordfish for the Fleet Air Arm. It was an antiquated machine, but it could outmanoeuvre almost any other aircraft… OL3670837W