Birth of a Legend by Jeffrey Quill

Birth of a Legend by Jeffrey Quill

Originally published in hardback to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Spitfire's first flight, Birth of a Legend has become the definitive behind-the-scenes account of this aircraft's dramatic and triumphant birth and of its first years of survival and growth. Using much information unavailable except from MOD records, the aeroplane's chief test pilot, Jeffrey Quill, tells of the almost miraculous efforts made by British engineering to get Mitchells' masterpiece into the air, and keep it there in sufficient quantities from the first to the last days of war. No other aircraft has ever enjoyed the same charisma nor engendered the same sense of excitement that the Spitfire still evokes in both young and old. How fitting that Jeffrey Quill should tell of the fragile background against which our fighter pilots achieved their legendary triumph.

Jeffrey Quill, OBE, AFC, FRAeS, was born in Sussex just before the First World War. He was commissioned in the Royal Air Force in 1931 and, after training, served in a Fighter Squadron and later in a specialised unit, the Meteorological Flight. He has now retired and lives in the Isle of Man. Sebastian Cox, BA, MA, was a full time member of the staff of the Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon and is now on the staff of the Air Historical Branch, Ministry of Defence, London. He is an aviation writer of growing repute.

SKU	Non disponible
ISBN 13	9780907621867
ISBN 10	0907621864
Titre	Birth of a Legend
Auteur	Jeffrey Quill
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Quiller Publishing Ltd
Année de publication	1987-02-15
Nombre de pages	160
Note de couverture	La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
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