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Spitfire Pilot is the exhilarating and moving memoir of D. M. Crook, an airman in the legendary 609 Squadron--one of the most successful RAF units in the Battle of Britain. Beginning with his fond recollections of his halcyon days in training--acrobatics, night flying, and languorous days spent playing sport--Crook goes on to recount in thrilling detail the dogfights, remarkable victories, and tragic losses which formed the daily routine of Britain's heroic aerial defenders in that long summer of 1940. Often hopelessly outnumbered, the men of 609 Squadron in their state-of-the-art Spitfires committed acts of unimaginable bravery against the Messerschmitts and Junkers of Germany's formidable Luftwaffe. Many of Crook's fellow airmen did not make it back alive, and the absence they leave in the close-knit community of the squadron is described with great poignancy. Spitfire Pilot offers a unique and personal insight into one of the most critical moments of British history, when a handful of men stood up against the might of the German Air Force in defense of their country.
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Flight-Lieutenant David M. Crook was an airman in the legendary 609 Squadron - one of the most successful RAF units in the Battle of Britain.
Richard Overy was an acclaimed historian, with many books to his name.
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"'A brilliant first-hand account of the life of a fighter pilot' - The Spectator"
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- PublisherBounty Books
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 075371986X
- ISBN 13 9780753719862
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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