The decisive duel : Spitfire vs 109
Isby, David C.2013
Book
London, 15 September 1940. In and out of the clouds above the British capital, one the most decisive battles of the Second World War was taking place. The Luftwaffe's massive air assault aimed to force Britain to sue for peace or, by seizing air superiority, make possible the cross-Channel invasion Hitler's generals were planning. Churchill himself watched the climactic battle unfold from the RAF operations room in Uxbridge. He asked what reserves the British had in the battle over London: 'There are none', came the reply. Every available squadron was in the air. The air battle over Britain shaped the course of the entire war. But the fight that day was itself shaped by the duel between the two most advanced types of warring fighter planes: the British Supermarine Spitfire and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109. In this remarkable new book, David Isby looks at the clash between these two fighter planes, lasting from pre-war development to decisive combat.
Main title:
The decisive duel : Spitfire vs 109 / David Isby.
Author:
Edition:
Paperback edition.
Imprint:
London : Abacus, 2013, c2012.London : Abacus, 2013.©2012.
Collation:
x, 564 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2012.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780349123653
Dewey class:
940.544
Language:
English
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BRN:
137961
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