The Battle of Britain: The Fight for Survival in 1940

by Michael J.F. Bowyer

Clear blue skies laced white with vapour trails of fighting aircraft...petrol-filled beer bottles in the garden shed to repel the panzers...streets deserted when the Prime Minister was on the wireless...radar screens picking up German fighters and bombers approaching the English coast. Michael Bowyer tells the story of the Battle of Britain day by day detailing squadrons, aircraft types, locations and people together with an analysis of the success...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859791475
• ISBN13: 9780859791472
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Crecy Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"