Victory Fighters by Stephen Darlow

Victory Fighters by Stephen Darlow

Victory Fighters is largely a collection of eye-witness accounts of the struggle that raged in the skies over occupied Europe after the Battle of Britain. Expertly selected and inter-woven by Stephen Darlow, the book centres on the stories of six pilots and one navigator, the telling of which covers every aspect of this battle over land and sea. The author describes and analyses the relevant command decisions from the highest level down and against this background the men give their accounts from the start of their flying careers through to the preparations for operation Overlord, the invasion itself, the liberation of France, the crossing of the Rhine, to the end of the war in Europe on VE-Day. Through their eyes, the reader is introduced to a series of different tasks and situations, a multitude of aircraft types - Sunderlands, Mustangs, Tempests, Typhoons, Spitfires, Whirlwinds, Mosquitoes - and a great many squadrons. Through interviews and diligent research of documents, diaries and correspondence, the author has produced a fitting testament to these men and the countless others they represent.

Stephen Darlow is the grandson of a Bomber Command pilot and author of three previous WWII books, Lancaster Down, Sledgehammers for Tintacks, and in 2004 the critically acclaimed D-Day Bombers, The Veterans' Story, to which Victory Fighters: The Veterans' Story is a worthy companion.

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ISBN 13	9781904943112
ISBN 10	190494311X
Title	Victory Fighters
Author	Stephen Darlow
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Grub Street Publishing
Year published	2005-05-30
Number of pages	256
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