Dowding's Eagles
The Battle of Britain fought by The Few, as Churchill famously called them, will remain a legendary feat of arms for centuries to come. Sadly there remain only a handful today who can tell their stories so this collection of personal accounts is extremely timely.The Author has over the years gathered the stories of twenty-five survivors and in Dowding's Aces he brings these stirring stories together. Each account describes the actions and impressions of the individuals who fought lonely battles against a numerically superior enemy. The odds were stacked against The Few.Over 500 pilots were killed in action during the summer of 1940 and this b…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4738-4421-6
- EAN: 9781473844216
- Produktnummer: 22567781
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 29'425 KB
Über den Autor
Norman Franks is a respected historian and author. Previous titles for Pen and Sword include In The Footsteps of the Red Baron (co-authored with Mike O'Connor), The Fighting Cocks, RAF Fighter Pilots Over Burma, Dogfight, The Fallen Few of the Battle of Britain (with Nigel McCrery) and Dowdings Eagles. Over the course of his career, Franks has published some of the most compelling works on First World War fighter aviation, being one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. He lives in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.
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