Birth of the few : 16 October 1939 - RAF Spitfires win their first battle with the Luftwaffe
Buckton, Henry1998
Book
This book tells the story of the first Luftwaffe air raid on mainland Britain in 1939. The author has drawn on interviews with the captured Luftwaffe pilots, eye-witnesses on the ground and in the ships under attack and surviving British pilots.
Main title:
Birth of the few : 16 October 1939 - RAF Spitfires win their first battle with the Luftwaffe / Henry Buckton ; from the notes of Sir Hugh Dundas.
Imprint:
Shrewsbury : Airlife, 1998.
Collation:
160p., [16]p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781853109720 (hbk)185310972X (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5'442
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
172204