‘If anyone ever needs to know anything about the RAF during the summer of 1940, don’t ask the Few, ask Dilip!’
- George ‘Grumpy’ Unwin, 19 Squadron,
During the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone, defying the Luftwaffe’s aerial assault – the prelude to a proposed seaborne invasion. Fighter Command faced this challenge against overwhelming odds with immeasurable courage and tenacity, the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, immortalising these young Spitfire and Hurricane pilots as ‘The Few’. Some 2,927 aircrew comprised the ‘Few’, 544 of whom made the ultimate sacrifice that fateful summer, now known as the Battle of Britain. A further 791 would perish before the war’s end.
Today, precious few indeed remain alive worldwide. Veteran aviation historian Dilip Sarkar, however, has spent a lifetime recording the stories of casualties and the memories of survivors.
In this important book, Dilip brings us more original research and new interviews with ‘The Final Few’. This is likely to be the last such work produced, as sadly but inevitably Churchill’s ‘Few’ fade from living memory.
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The extraordinary personal stories of five surviving Battle of Britain pilots
Product details
ISBN
9781445660370
Published
2017-01-15
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Weight
213 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
256
Author