No.501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron, 1939-1945: Hurricane, Spitfire, Tempest

by David Watkins and Phil H. Listemann

No.501 Squadron was one of the five Special Reserve units (from Nos.500 to 504 Sqns) to be formed during the late 1920s. At the eve of WWII, four of these were still active and took part to the conflict, two as fighter units, 501 being one of the latter. From the first blood in France in 1940 until the hunt of the V-1s in 1944, the history of this squadron in narrated in 136 pages. No less than 348 pilots flew in operations with the Squadron, one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2952638136
• ISBN13: 9782952638135
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Philedition
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.5"