Fighter Boys. Patrick Bishop

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Название Fighter Boys
Автор произведения Patrick Bishop
Жанр Биографии и Мемуары
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Издательство Биографии и Мемуары
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isbn 9780007381180



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      FIGHTER BOYS

      The Pilots Behind the Battle of Britain

      Patrick Bishop

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       Copyright

      William Collins

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2003

      Copyright © Patrick Bishop 2003, 2020

      Cover illustration: Cover shows RAF fighter pilots from 32 Sqn. At Hawkinge aerodrome, July 1940 © Hulton Archive

      Patrick Bishop asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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      Source ISBN: 9780006532040

      Ebook Edition © 2020 ISBN: 9780007381180

      Version: 2020-04-06

       Dedication

       To Kelly and Bill

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       4 The Fatal Step

       5 Winter of Uncertainty

       6 Return to the Western Front

       7 The Battle of France

       8 Dunkirk

       9 Doing It

       10 Before the Storm

       11 The Channel Battle

       12 The Hun

       13 Hearth and Home

       14 Attrition

       15 Brotherhood

       16 ‘The Day Had Been a Year’

       17 Autumn Sunset

       18 Rhubarbs and Circuses

       Epilogue: The Last Note

       Picture Section

       Keep Reading

       Notes and References

       Index

       About the Author

       Praise for Fighter Boys

       About the Publisher

       List of Illustrations

       Albert Ball (Imperial War Museum)

       Mick Mannock (Imperial War Museum)

       Hurricanes in ‘vic’ formation (Imperial War Museum)