Secret Spitfires - Britain’s Hidden Civilian Army

The true story of how an army of women, children and men were recruited to secretly produce around half of the 22,000 Spitfires that fought in WWII. Based on the film by Karl Howman and Ethem Centintas, and timed to tie in with the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

About the author

KARL HOWMAN is an actor well known for his roles in Brushstrokes and Eastenders. Their features partnership, Howman & Cetintas, produces films and documentaries.ETHEM CETINTAS is a graduate of the London Film School, who has worked on documentaries, commercials and dramas.GAVIN CLARKE is a heritage sector interpretation consultant and content strategist specialising in innovation, engineering and technology histories.

Summary

They built thousands of Spitfires, hidden in garages, bus depots, shed and barns… but nobody ever knew

Product details

• Authors: Cetintas, Ethem Cetintas, Gavin Clarke, Howman, Karl Howman
• Publisher: The History Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780750991995
• ISBN: 978-0-7509-9199-5
• Dimensions: 251 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 794 g
• Illustrations: 45 Illustrations, color; 96 Illustrations, black and white
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), HISTORY / Military / World War II, History - Military / War