Young people who won a battle that turned a war. This isn't a story of stiff-upper lips, stoical moustaches and aerial heroics; it's a story of love and loss, a story of young people tested to the very limits of their endurance. By Alasdair Cross and BBC Worldwide Based on the hit BBC World Service podcast Spitfire: The People's Story, we use contemporary diaries and memoirs, many of them previously unpublished, to tell the story of the Spitfire through the voices of the teenagers who risked everything to design, build and fly her. Many of the men and women who designed and built their planes were even younger. The author, Paul Beaver, is a well-known writer, biographer, pilot and historian. Paperback • Women include Pauline Gower (Air Transport Auxiliary head), Margaret Fairweather (first female Spitfire pilot) and Beatrice Shilling (aeronautical engineer). This is a very convenient and extremely comprehensive companion/guide and is ideal for the spotter or aircraft enthusiast.
Language: English
ISBN: 9780993554506
Pages: 68
2016)
Publisher: Beaver Westminster Limited (5 Mar.
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Really touching stories and very well written. Brought with 3 other titles by John, spitfire is a stunning account of such a iconic plane and the bravery of those who flew it, it is obvious John as done extensive research and lots of interviews with former pilots, John is a outstanding writer the way he has written spitfire it's as if you there in ww2 in the spitfire with the pilot. An amazing book so pleased I bought it.
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