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Informationen zum Autor Dr Alfred Price served as an aircrew officer in the Royal Air Force, where he was a crewman on Vulcan bombers and specialised in electronic warfare and air fighting tactics. In a military flying career spanning fifteen years he logged over 4,000 flying hours. He left the service in 1974 and since then has been a full-time writer on aviation subjects. He is author of 46 books and more than 200 magazine articles. He holds a PhD in history from Loughborough University and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Chris Davey has illustrated more than 70 titles for Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series since 1994. Based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, as one of the very last traditional airbrush artists in the business, he has become the company's illustrator of choice for both USAAF fighters and RAF subject matter, proving his undoubted skill when dealing with large aircraft subjects such as the Halifax, Sunderland, Lancaster, and Stirling. Klappentext Although the Spitfire is undoubtedly best known for its exploits against the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, its later war service with Fighter Command on all fronts against the Axis alliance was equally as important. This volume features the exploits of pilots who turned the tide against the Luftwaffe on the Western European and Mediterranean fronts, as well as the Japanese in the Far East, flying Spitfire Mk VIs, VIIs, VIIIs, IXs XIIs and XIVs. Names like Johnnie Johnson, Neville Duke and Donald Kingaby, plus a myriad of lesser known British, Polish, Canadian, American, Australian, Czech, Free French, New Zealand and Norwegian pilots, and their aircraft, are all covered in this book. Zusammenfassung Although the Spitfire is undoubtedly best known for its exploits against the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain! its later war service with Fighter Command on all fronts against the Axis alliance was equally as important. This volume features the exploits of pilots who turned the tide against the Luftwaffe on the Western European and Mediterranean fronts! as well as the Japanese in the Far East! flying Spitfire Mk VIs! VIIs! VIIIs! IXs XIIs and XIVs. Names like Johnnie Johnson! Neville Duke and Donald Kingaby! plus a myriad of lesser known British! Polish! Canadian! American! Australian! Czech! Free French! New Zealand and Norwegian pilots! and their aircraft! are all covered in this book. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction/A New and More Potent Spitfire/Enter the Griffon-Engined Spitfire/Ramrods, Rodeos, Roadsteads, Rhubarbs and Circuses/The Leading Aces/Spitfire versus the V1 Flying Bomb/Four Major Improvements/Australian Spitifre Aces 1942-45/Appendices...
