Spitfire : pilots' stories /: pilots' stories. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alfred Price.
• Other Names: Price, Alfred
• Contents: Cover; Title; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Foreword; 1 The Path to the Spitfire; 2 Spitfire into Service; 3 First Encounter; 4 First Spitfire Reconnaissance Flights; 5 Baptism of Fire; 6 An Even Match; 7 Spitfires in Captivity; 8 Battle of Britain Fighting Tactics; 9 Better Fitted for the Fight; 10 Battle of Britain Squadron Commander; 11 Thirteen Days in August; 12 Fighter Command Spitfire Units, 14 September 1940; 13 The Spitfire in Action, 15 September 1940; 14 'The Injustice of it All'; 15 Feeding the Guns; 16 Phoenix Rising from the Ashes; 17 Skirmish Over Kent; 18 Act of Chivalry. 19 Spitfire Reconnaissance Pilot20 A Fair Day's Work; 21 Outclassed; 22 Production Test Pilot, Alex Henshaw MBE; 23 Spitfire Night Fighters; 24 Sorting Out a Rogue; 25 First Spitfires to Malta; 26 More Spitfires to Malta; 27 Malta Spitfire Ace; 28 Besieged on Malta; 29 The Balance Restored; 30 Duel in the Stratosphere; 31 Eagle Squadron, Eighth Air Force; 32 Enter the Seafire; 33 The Second Greatest Thrill; 34 Report on Seafire Deck Landing; 35 Reconnaissance to Berlin; 36 Spitfire Most Successful; 37 Equal to the Very Best; 38 Spitfire Floatplane; 39 'Anyway, It is Only a Short Sea Crossing' 40 D-Day Gunfire Spotter41 D-Day Top Cover Squadron; 42 Foe without Mercy; 43 An Aerodynamicist's View; 44 Spitfire Versus V2 Rocket; 45 Exotic Opponent; 46 Spitfires Over the Balkans; 47 The Spiteful, a Spitfire too Far; 48 When Spitfire Fought Spitfire; 49 Seafires Over Korea: The Last of the Few; 50 Spitfires versus Guerrillas; 51 Stronger, Safer, Swifter; 52 Time to Move on: Spitfire versus Vampire; 53 The Final Act; 54 Spitfire Swansong; Appendix A The Spitfire Family; Appendix B The Development of the Spitfire; Copyright.
• Publisher Details: Stroud : The History Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (464 pages)
• Subjects: 940.544941; Spitfire (Fighter plane); World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British; Spitfire (Avion de chasse); Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Opérations aériennes britanniques; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Récits personnels britanniques; HISTORY -- Europe -- Western; Military operations, Aerial -- British; Spitfire (Fighter plane); Personal narratives -- British
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780752477091; 0752477099
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.