What the RAF Airman Took to War by Bill Howard

What the RAF Airman Took to War by Bill Howard

Between July and October 1940, in what became known as the Battle of Britain, a nation held its breath while the pilots of the Royal Air Force battled Hitler's Luftwaffe in the skies above England. A huge number of airmen lost their lives in this hard-fought episode and in the four years of air campaigns that followed, and those who survived faced terrifying risks; as Prime Minister Winston Churchill put it, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few'. In this beautifully illustrated tribute to 'The Few', Bill Howard catalogues the objects which were essential to every wartime pilot, from the superstitious good-luck charm to the parachute on which his life might have depended and a wealth of other poignant items relating to his day-to-day existence during the air war against the Nazis.

Bill Howard is a military historian based in the United States. He has written several books and many articles on military and social history.

Michael H. Wagner is a photographer based in Albany, New York.

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ISBN 13	9781784420550
ISBN 10	1784420557
Title	What the RAF Airman Took to War
Author	Bill Howard
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2015-05-10
Number of pages	120
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.