Battle of Britain The Pilot's and Planes that made History HB Simon Pearson

Hodder Stoughton

eBay Store Design by Visualsoft\n\nBattle of Britain: The Pilots and Planes that Made History BOOK\n\n--\n\u00A320.00\n\n--|\n\nIn Battle of Britain: The pilots and planes that made history, Ed Gorman and Simon Pearson paint a vivid picture of the men and their machines as the battle for air superiority over Britain is played out across the skies of Europe, from the west of Ireland to the German capital. We experience the battle chronologically through the remarkable stories of seventeen airmen from across the world. Some will be new to many readers: the New Zealander who \""borrowed\"" a seaplane from the Royal Navy to set up a freelance air-sea rescue service that saved the lives of dozens of British and German pilots; the Swiss baron who claimed to have destroyed six British fighters in a day; the vainglorious commander whose RAF squadron was wiped out trying to disrupt Nazi invasion plans; and the German bomber pilot who fought the first battle involving foreign troops on British st