A story of great daring, imagination and unparalleled human courage - the biography of an aircraft which came to personify toughness and audacity.

Paul Gallico, author of The Snow Goose, The Small Miracle and The Poseidon Adventure has become permanently linked with those early days of the war when England stood alone against the Germans, has written the whole exciting and inspiring story of the greatest British fighter plane, from the drawing board through the battles of World War II.