SPITFIRE MK IS AND IIS SERVED ONLY BRIEFLY IN THE FRONTLINE WITH THE RAF, BUT THEIR PILOTS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACHIEVING IMPRESSIVE SCORES AGAINST THE LUFTWAFFE DURING 1940/41. This volume details the RAF's first aces of World War 2 who helped stem the German tide during Britain's struggle for survival in the bitter years between 1939 and 1941. Early-mark Spitfires were notorious for their light armament, overheating engines and short range, but during the dogfights over Dunkirk and south-east England, then the first tentative sweeps across France, many pilots achieved scores of note.