Description

A unique account of the fastest British fighter plane of World War 2.

Modified for low-level operations to counter Luftwaffe attacks on the south coast, the Griffon-powered Spitfire XIV became the best low-level fighter of World War II. Squadrons moved to south-eastern England to counter the V1 flying bomb offensive, where daring pilots pioneered the technique of tipping the V1 over with the aircraft's wingtip to disorientate the bomb. Andrew Thomas also investigates the role played by the modified Spitfire squadrons after the V1 offensive, both in the attack on Germany and after the war in Malaya and Palestine.

First-hand stories, photographs and colour profiles complete this account of the aces who flew the most powerful Spitfire variant ever built.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE
A NEW FORCE

CHAPTER TWO
DEFENDING THE REALM

CHAPTER THREE
TO THE RHINE

CHAPTER FOUR
NEMESIS OF THE LUFTWAFFE

CHAPTER FIVE
THE LAST RITES

CHAPTER SIX
A KIND OF PEACE

Appendices
Colour plates
Commentary
Index

Product details

Published Feb 20 2013
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781472801876
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 93 b/w; 32 col
Series Aircraft of the Aces
Short code ACE 81
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Andrew Thomas

Andrew Thomas is one of Britain's leading RAF rese…

Illustrator

Chris Davey

Chris Davey has illustrated more than 70 titles fo…

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