Spitfire Mark I/II Aces 1939–41

Spitfire Mark I/II Aces 1939–41 cover

Description

Spitfire Mk Is and IIs served only briefly in the frontline with the RAF, but their pilots were responsible for achieving impressive scores against the Luftwaffe during 1940/41.

This volume details the RAF's first aces of World War 2 who helped stem the German tide during Britain's struggle for survival in the bitter years between 1939 and 1941. Early-mark Spitfires were notorious for their light armament, overheating engines and short range, but during the dogfights over Dunkirk and south-east England, then the first tentative sweeps across France, many pilots achieved scores of note.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Initial Encounters
Improving the Breed
Battle of Britain
Further Improvements and New Tactics
Over to the Offensive
Top Spitfire Mk I/II Aces
Two Aces Profiled
Appendices

Product details

Published 20 Nov 2012
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 100
ISBN 9781782006749
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 100 b/w; 40 col
Series Aircraft of the Aces
Short code ACE 12
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Alfred Price

Dr Alfred Price served as an aircrew officer in th…

Illustrator

Keith Fretwell

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