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How the Spitfire Won the Battle of Britain

Autor Dilip Sarkar
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 aug 2013
Draws on interviews with pilots who flew to war in both Spitfires and Hurricanes, and analyses combat reports and casualty records to disprove the myth that the Hurricane won the Battle of Britain.
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ISBN-13: 9781445615042
ISBN-10: 1445615045
Pagini: 185
Ilustrații: 55 halftones
Dimensiuni: 122 x 193 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Amberley Publishing

Notă biografică

Dilip Sarkar has published over thirty books on the Battle of Britain. These include the biography of the RAF's top scoring ace of the Second World War, Johnnie Johnson, and the Battle of Britain memoir of Brian Lane (as editor). A retired policeman, in 2003 Dilip was made an MBE for services to aviation history, and elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society in 2006. He lives in Worcester.

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Book received critical acclaim in hardback published in 2010: 'An excellent book' SPITFIRE: THE JOURNAL OF THE SPITFIRE SOCIETY. 'Dilip Sarkar understands perfectly the mysteries of air tactics and strategy' PETER TOWNSEND, Battle of Britain fighter ace. 'Carefully argued & thoroughly convincing - a very fine volume' PROF. PAUL MACKENZIE, author of Bader: A Life 'Well-researched, accessible, and carefully argued book reinforces the Spitfire myth through evidence about what mattered most - its combat prowess' WAR IN HISTORY