Epic of Flight. The RAF at War

Barker, Ralph

ISBN 10: 1844470334 / ISBN 13: 9781844470334

Published by Time-Life Books, London, 2003

About this Item

Dust jacket unclipped. Shelfwear to edges, closed tear to bottome edge. Illustrated cover with bright white and golt titles to front and spine. Illustrated end pages of RAF spitfires engaging German Messerschmitts over London in 1940. No inscriptions. This volume is one of a series that traces the adventure and science of aviations, from the earliest manned balloon ascension through the era of jet flight. 176 pages. Clean, bright and tightly bound. Size: 9.75" By 11.25" Tall.

Seller Inventory # 107586

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Epic of Flight. The RAF at War
• Publisher: Time-Life Books, London
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844470334
• ISBN 13: 9781844470334
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Illustrator: B & W & Colour Illustrations & Photographs
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

The RAF at War is a Time-Life aviation book included in the Epic of Flight series. When Britain went to war in 1939, its air force had quadrupled to a strength of 118,000 regulars. However it had not maintained parity with Germany. The Luftwaffe, by now an aerial armada with more than 500,000, outnumbered the RAF several times over in both pilots and planes. A year later German bombers would demolish the parliamentary debating chamber where in 1934 Churchill had implored the nation to make greater haste in rearming, given the intelligence they had on the German buildup. This book tells the story of the RAF at war – really, the story of a nation mobilized, and preparing and fighting for its very existence.