Spitfire Command

Oxspring, Bobby

ISBN 10: 071830537X / ISBN 13: 9780718305376

Published by Kimber, Lon., 1984

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very nice copy; fighter pilot memoir.

Seller Inventory # 049522

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spitfire Command
• Publisher: Kimber, Lon.
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071830537X
• ISBN 13: 9780718305376
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Second World War
  • Second World War::RAF

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Synopsis

Originally published in 1984, this autobiography of one of the select band of fighter pilots who flew throughout World War II describes flying Spitfires with 66 Squadron during Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain and then with 41, 91, 72 and 222 Squadrons. Moving to the desert with 72 Squadron, after Sicily he became leader of 24 Wing shortly before D-Day, and was still flying operationally one week before the war ended.