The gripping and heroic story of fighter pilots defending the skies over Britain from unprecedented Nazi attack
For 113 terrifying days in 1940, Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe, threw everything it had at Great Britain in hopes of early victory in World War II. The task of defending southern England from airborne attack fell to pilots in the Royal Air Force, supplemented in their darkest hour by more than 100 flyers from Canada. These Canadians, some from famous families, some straight off the farm, served in forty-seven different Battle of Britain squadrons.
Now, for the first time, bestselling military historian Ted Barris's tells the riveting story of their crucial role in this do-or-die-battle: how they accounted for 130 German aircraft destroyed, another thirty probably destroyed and more than seventy damaged, with twenty pilots dying in action and twelve awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses.Battle of Britain: Canadian Airmen in their Finest Houris a must for enthusiasts of military and aviation history.
The gripping and heroic story of fighter pilots defending the skies over Britain from unprecedented Nazi attack
For 113 terrifying days in 1940, Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe, threw everything it had at Great Britain in hopes of early victory in World War II. The task of defending southern England from airborne attack fell to pilots in the Royal Air Force, supplemented in their darkest hour by more than 100 flyers from Canada. These Canadians, some from famous families, some straight off the farm, served in forty-seven different Battle of Britain squadrons.
Now, for the first time, bestselling military historian Ted Barris's tells the riveting story of their crucial role in this do-or-die-battle: how they accounted for 130 German aircraft destroyed, another thirty probably destroyed and more than seventy damaged, with twenty pilots dying in action and twelve awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses.Battle of Britain: Canadian Airmen in their Finest Houris a must for enthusiasts of military and aviation history.
In 1940 Britain was an island under siege. The march of the Nazi war machine had been unrelenting- France and Belgium had quickly fallen and now the British Empire and the Commonwealth stood alone to...
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