The
Battle of Britain
by Bill Lambers
Suitable for young readers
Hardcover - 72 pages (August 7, 1994)
Bill Lambers; ISBN: 0965652017 |
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Battle
of Britain
by Len Deighton & Max Hastings
Paperback - 224 pages (June 1999)
WordsWorth; ISBN: 1840222085 |
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The
Battle of Britain : Dowding and the 1st Victory 1940
by John Philip Ray
(Paperback - March 2001)
The
Battle of Britain : The Greatest Air Battle of World War II
by Richard Hough, Denis Richards (Contributor)
"An unsentimental and unaffected account of how the outnumbered RAF
fought the Luftwaffe to a standstill during the summer and early autumn
of 1940 ...A wide-ranging, painstakingly documented and comprehensive appreciation
of a turning-point engagement." Kirkus Reviews.
Paperback Reprint edition (September 1990)
W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393307344
The
Battle of Britain: The Myth and the Reality
by Richard Overy
Overy's slender, well-written study of the Battle of Britain celebrates
the very real accomplishments of the RAF and, its revisionism aside, acknowledges
that the Battle of Britain was a true turning point in the history of World
War II. Overy holds that one of its most important results was to lead
influential Americans to urge that the United States take Britain's side,
a fact that would soon be realized. More important, though, the Battle
of Britain kept England in the war at a time when many politicians and
citizens sought some accommodation with the Nazi regime. It galvanized
popular opposition to Hitler, replacing uncertainties and disagreements
with "a greater sense of purpose and a more united people." --Gregory
McNamee, Amazon.com
Hardcover - 192 pages 1 Amer Ed edition (April 2001)
W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393020088
Battle
of Britain : A Visual Perspective
by Paul Patrick Jacobs, Robert Lightsey
Publication date: September 27, 2002
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0071385452
Richard
Hillary : The Definitive Biography of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot
and Author of the Last Enemy
by David Ross
Hardcover - 448 pages (May 2000)
Grub Street the Basement; ISBN: 1902304454
The
Few : Summer 1940, the Battle of Britain
by Philip Kaplan, et al
(Paperback - March 2001)
The
Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
by Phil Craig, Tim Clayton
Hardcover: 349 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.12 x
9.53 x 6.52
Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 0684869306; touchstone edition
(July 2000)
249 At War : The Authorized History of the RAF's Top Scoring Fighter
Squadron of WWII
Listed under The RAF
Hurricane
Aces 1939-40 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces, 18)
by Tony Holmes
Synopsis: The Hawker Hurricane was the RAF's first monoplane fighter,
and it dragged the air force in to a position where it could defend Britain
during 1940. Hurricanes outnumbered Spitfires during the Battle of Britain
by three to one, and actually downed more Luftwaffe aircraft than the famous
Supermarine fighter. Even prior to it's "Finest Hour" over southern England,
Hurricanes had provided the first RAF aces of the war in France during
the Blitzkrieg, and they are described in this volume. In 1941 the type
was heavily used in the Mediterranean and North Africa, before being flung
in at the deep end in the Far East against the Japanese. US Eagle Squadron
pilots also flew the type in the early years of the war, and it saw much
combat with the Fleet Air Arm and the Soviet Air Force.
Paperback - 96 pages (October 1998)
Stackpole Books; ISBN: 1855325977
Hawker
Hurricane
by Peter Jacobs
Hardcover - 192 pages (October 1998)
Crowood Pr; ISBN: 1861261268
BF 109D/E Aces 1939-1941 (Aircraft of the Aces , No 11)
John Weal
Listed under Bf 109
Blitzkrieg in the West, 1939-1942
Jeffery L. Ethell
Listed under Luftwaffe Books
Fighter
: The True Story of the Battle of Britain
by Len Deighton
Hardcover - 264 pages (May 2000)
Castle; ISBN: 0785812083
The
Last Enemy
Richard Hillary
One of the greatest books of the Second World War, highly recommended.
Paperback - 192 pages (April 1998)
Burford Books; ISBN: 1580800564 |
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The RAF in Camera 1939-1945 : Archive Photographs from the Public Record
Office and the Ministry of Defence
Roy Conyers Nesbit
Listed under The RAF
Reach
for the Sky
by Paul Brickhill
A shiver ran down my spine when I read the first words of a review
at the Amazon site: "I sent my dog-eared copy of Reach for the Sky to a
legless hero ...". I had given my own copy to Triple Pete whilst he was
still in hospital recovering from the most horrific accident - his hang-glider
struck high-tension powerlines and left him a quadruple amputee.
This book is required reading for those interested in aviation, the
Battle of Britain ... and the human condition. It's the story of Douglas
Bader, a young man who lost both legs in an aircraft accident shortly before
the war, who bullied his way into the RAF despite stiff opposition, who
went on to become an ace pilot and a wing commander and who finished the
war in the infamous Stalag 13, a prison for recalcitrant escapees.
Library Binding - 346 pages (December 1999)
Buccaneer Books; ISBN: 0899669107
Spitfire MkII Aces 1939-41 (Aircraft of the Aces , No 12)
Alfred Price
Listed under Spitfire Books
Messerschmitt Bf109 in the West, 1937-1940 : From the Spanish Civil
War to the Battle of Britain
by Michael Payne
Listed under Luftwaffe
The Burning Blue: A New History of the Battle of Britain
Paperback: 292 pages
Pimlico; ISBN: 0712664750; (January 2000)
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Men of the Battle of Britain : a who was who of the pilots and aircrew,
British, Commonwealth and Allied, who flew with Royal Air Force Fighter
Command July 10 to October 31, 1940
by Kenneth G. Wynn
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