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Item Details
Title:
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THE FINAL FEW
THE LAST SURVIVING PILOTS OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN TELL THEIR STORIES |
By: |
Dilip Sarkar |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1445642360 |
ISBN 13: |
9781445642369 |
Publisher: |
AMBERLEY PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
15 September, 2015 |
Pages: |
256 |
Description: |
The extraordinary personal stories of five surviving Battle of Britain pilots |
Synopsis: |
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, the Battle of Britain Fighter Association now numbering twenty-seven. Veteran aviation historian Dilip Sarkar, however, has spent a lifetime recording the stories of casualties and the memories of survivors.In this important book commemorating the Battle of Britain's seventy-fifth anniversary, he brings us more original work 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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50 Illustrations, unspecified |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Amberley Publishing |
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Returnable |
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