The Decisive Duel - 9780349123653

Little, Brown Book Group

The Decisive Duel\nby David Isby\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: David Isby\nTitle: The Decisive Duel\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nPublisher: Little, Brown Book Group\nPublication year: 2013\nISBN-13: 9780349123653\nISBN-10: 0349123659\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nLondon, 15 September 1940. The air battle over Britain on that day saw two of the most advanced fighter planes, the British Supermarine Spitfire and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109, battle for supremacy of the skies. \n\nThe Decisive Duel tells the stories of these iconic, classic aircraft and the people that created them: Willy Messerschmitt, the German designer with a love for gliders and admiration for Hitler; R.J. Mitchell, his brilliant British counterpart, who struggled against illness to complete the des.