
Spitfire Ace: My Life As A Battle Of Britain Fighter Pilot
Pitched into the maelstrom of air fighting in the summer of 1940, twenty-four-year-old Gordon Olive barely lived to tell this extraordinary tale of courage and endurance. As Britain fought alone for its survival, ‘the Few’ of RAF Fighter Command took to the air grievously outnumbered, many reaching breaking point, exhausted physically and mentally by unreleting, intense combat.Gordon Olive flew th...
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Amberley Publishing (July 15, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 144564424X
ISBN-13: 978-1445644240
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 1219253
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“I have several WWII air combat books and this is my favorite. It really allows the reader to picture themselves in aerial combat during the Battle of Britain from the perspective of a young Spitfire pilot.The text does not attempt to provide an expla...”
iconic Spitfire for over 125 missions above London and the south-east in the white heat of the aerial battle for supremacy of the skies. One of the most heavily engaged pilots of the Battle, he shot down ten enemy aircraft.This is his story of what it was like to dogfight with Messerschmitts at speeds of 400 mph, experiencing G forces close to blackout, at one moment to be drenched in sweat with exertion, the next to be freezing at 25,000 feet, to smell the cordite of your own fighter’s machine guns and feel cannon shells explode against the back of your armoured seat.Illustrated in colour with forty unique paintings of the aerial battle of summer 1940 by the author.
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