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Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain - Softcover

Neil, Tom

 
9781445605104: Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1445605104 ISBN 13: 9781445605104
Verlag: Amberley Publishing, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

The amazing story of one of the 'Few', fighter ace Tom Neil who shot down 13 enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain. This is a fighter pilot's story of eight memorable months from May to December 1940. When the Germans were blitzing their way across France, Pilot Officer Tom Neil had just received his first posting - to 249 Squadron. Nineteen years old, fresh from training at Montrose on Hawker Audax biplanes he was soon to be pitch forked into the maelstrom of air fighting on which the survival of Britain was to depend. By the end of the year he had shot down 13 enemy aircraft, seen many of his friends killed, injured or burned, and was himself a wary and accomplished fighter pilot.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tom Neil joined 249 Squadron flying Hurricanes just before the start of the Battle of Britain. His first victory was an Me 109, followed in quick succession by twelve others. Tom was awarded a Bar to his DFC in November 1940. After the Battle of Britain, he was soon in action again in the skies over Malta where he gained another victory. His other books include The Silver Spitfire and Gun Button To Fire. He is the Chairman of the Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot Association. Now ninety-five, he lives in Norfolk and has three sons, two of whom carry on the tradition of flying. His wife of over seventy years, Eileen, herself an RAF Flight Officer during the war, sadly died last year.

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Verlag
Amberley Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1445605104
ISBN 13 
9781445605104
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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