Fighter boys : the Battle of Britain, 1940 /
Bishop, Patrick
Fighter boys : the Battle of Britain, 1940 / Battle of Britain, 1940 - 1st American ed. - New York : Viking, 2003. - xiii, 434 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: the white hart -- Sportsmen and butchers -- Fighters versus bombers -- "Free of boundaries, free of gravity, free of ties" -- The fatal step -- Winter of uncertainty -- Return to the Western Front -- The Battle of France -- Dunkirk -- Doing it -- Before the storm -- The Channel battle -- The Hun -- Hearth and home -- Attrition -- Brotherhood -- "The day had been a year" -- Autumn sunset -- Rhubarbs and circuses -- Epilogue: the last note
0670032301 (hc : alk. paper) 9780670032303 (hc : alk. paper)
2003053522
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Fighter Command --History.
Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
Fighter pilots--History--Great Britain--20th century.
D756.5.B7 / B54 2003
940.54/4941
Fighter boys : the Battle of Britain, 1940 / Battle of Britain, 1940 - 1st American ed. - New York : Viking, 2003. - xiii, 434 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: the white hart -- Sportsmen and butchers -- Fighters versus bombers -- "Free of boundaries, free of gravity, free of ties" -- The fatal step -- Winter of uncertainty -- Return to the Western Front -- The Battle of France -- Dunkirk -- Doing it -- Before the storm -- The Channel battle -- The Hun -- Hearth and home -- Attrition -- Brotherhood -- "The day had been a year" -- Autumn sunset -- Rhubarbs and circuses -- Epilogue: the last note
0670032301 (hc : alk. paper) 9780670032303 (hc : alk. paper)
2003053522
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Fighter Command --History.
Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
Fighter pilots--History--Great Britain--20th century.
D756.5.B7 / B54 2003
940.54/4941