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Spitfire pilot

Spitfire Pilot was written in 1940 in the heat of battle when the RAF stood alone against the might of Hitler's Third Reich. It is a tremendous personal account of one of the fiercest and most idealised air conflicts - the Battle of Britain - seen through the eyes of a pilot of the famous 609 Squadron, which shot down over 100 planes in that epic contest. Often hopelessly outnumbered, in their state of the art Spitfires, Crook and his colleagues committed acts of unimaginable bravery against the Messerschmidts and Junkers. Many did not make it and the author describes the absence they leave in.

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  • ""I immediately turned and dived down on him - he was a sitting target, but before I got to him a Hurricane appeared and shot him down in flames."In 1940 the RAF faced a highly efficient German Air Force. Three thousand airmen stood between England and the might of Hitler's Third Reich. *Spitfire Pilot* is a first-hand account of the Battle of Britain, seen through the eyes of a member of the famous 609 Squadron, which shot down more than 100 planes. The journal begins with David Crook's training at Church Fenton. However, Crook and the pilots of 609 Squadron soon found themselves facing the formidable Luftwaffe, often hopelessly outnumbered against the Messerschmidts and Junkers. Many airmen did not make it back alive."
  • "World War II."
  • "Spitfire Pilot was written in 1940 in the heat of battle when the RAF stood alone against the might of Hitler's Third Reich. It is a tremendous personal account of one of the fiercest and most idealised air conflicts - the Battle of Britain - seen through the eyes of a pilot of the famous 609 Squadron, which shot down over 100 planes in that epic contest. Often hopelessly outnumbered, in their state of the art Spitfires, Crook and his colleagues committed acts of unimaginable bravery against the Messerschmidts and Junkers. Many did not make it and the author describes the absence they leave in."@en
  • ""Spitfire Pilot" was written in 1940 in the heat of battle when the RAF stood alone against the might of Hitler's Third Reich. It is a tremendous personal account of one of the fiercest and most idealised air conflicts - the Battle of Britain - seen through the eyes of a pilot of the famous 609 Squadron, which shot down over 100 planes in that epic contest. Often hopelessly outnumbered, in their state of the art Spitfires, Crook and his colleagues committed acts of unimaginable bravery against the Messerschmidts and Junkers. Many did not make it and the author describes the absence they leave in the squadron with great poignancy. "Spitfire Pilot" is justly regarded as one of the classics of WWII and this new paperback edition, 66 years on, includes an introduction by the historian Richard Overy."
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  • "Personal narratives"@en
  • "Personal narratives"
  • "Herinneringen (vorm)"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
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  • "Spitfire Pilot"
  • "Spitfire pilot"@en
  • "Spitfire pilot"
  • "Spitfire pilot. [With plates, including portraits.]"@en
  • "Spitfire pilot : a personal account of the Battle of Britain"@en
  • "Spitfire pilot : a personal account of the Battle of Britain"
  • "Spitfire pilot a personal account of the Battle of Britain"@en
  • "Spitfire Pilot. [Autobiographical reminiscences. With plates, including portraits.]"@en

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