Omschrijving
This book examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary RAF fighter aces during the Battle of Britain. Includes experiences of fighter pilots based on archival research, diaries, letters, published and unpublished memoirs and personal interviews with well known veterans.
Philip Kaplan has written several books on the lives of fighting men in World War II. Five of these, The Few, Little Friends, Round the Clock, Fighter Pilot and Bombers, were devoted to the experiences of aircrew. He has also written two classic accounts of warfare at sea, Wolfpack and Convoy, plus the recently published, He is of American birth but lives in Cheltenham, UK.