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  • Spitfire Faces

    The Men & Women Behind the Iconic Fighter

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    The Supermarine Spitfire arguably remains the most iconic fighter aircraft ever produced. Unsurprisingly, it has become a symbol of British excellence and national pride. Interest in the Spitfire remains undiminished as time goes on, and its bibliography is virtually infinite. while many of these books feature the technical and operational history of the Spitfire, this book features the human ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spitfire Down

    Fighter Boys Who Failed to Return

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    Profoundly moved by the stories of wartime casualties as a child, Dilip Sarkar has since spent a lifetime reconstructing the lives of many of the fallen and is passionate about recording and sharing this very personal hidden history. In Spitfire Down he explores the stories of thirteen pilots who failed to return, all killed, either in action or flying accidents, while a fourteenth, Flying Officer ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Battle of Britain Airfields Under Attack

    19 August 1940 – 6 September 1940

    by Dilip Sarkar, Dilip Sarkar MBE ...
    In this unprecedented series exploring the big story of the Battle of Britain, renowned historian Dilip Sarkar investigates the wider context and intimate details of the epic aerial conflict in the summer of 1940 from all sides. In so doing, he gives due acknowledgement to the roles of Bomber and Coastal Commands in addition to the fabled Few of Fighter Command.This unique narrative draws upon a ... Read more

    $24.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arise to Conquer

    The 'Real' Hurricane Pilot

    by I.R. Gleed ...
    Born in 1916, after learning to fly as a civilian, Ian Richard Gleed was granted a RAF commission in 1936. He completed training on Christmas Day that year, being posted to 46 Squadron which was equipped with the Gloster Gauntlet. Through much of his RAF service the diminutive Gleed was known as 'Widge', short for 'Wizard Midget' on account of his excessive use of the word 'wizard' to describe ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bader's Spitfire Wing

    Tangmere 1941

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    "An excellent book to gain insight into the summer of 1941 when . . . the RAF went on the offensive." — The Journal of the Air Force Historical FoundationOn thirty August 1940, at the height of the Battle of Britain, the pilots of RAF Fighter Command's No.twelve Group were requested to reinforce eleven Group and intercept a Luftwaffe raid on an aircraft factory at Hatfield. The events that day led ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Faces of HMS Royal Oak

    The 'Mighty Oak' Disaster at Scapa Flow

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    On 14 October each year, a White Ensign is placed on the stern of an upturned warship by Royal Navy divers. This act commemorates the 835 men of HMS Royal Oak who died in 1939 when the battleship was sunk at anchor in Scapa Flow by the German U-boat U-47. The sinking of the veteran First World War Revenge-class Royal Oak shocked not only the Admiralty, but the whole nation. Though Scapa Flow was ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • I Had a Row With a German

    A Battle of Britain Casualty

    by Thomas Percy Gleave ...
    Thomas Percy Gleave began his RAF career in 1930, three years later becoming a member of the RAF aerobatic team. He joined Bomber Command on 1 January 1939, but at the outbreak of war Gleave requested a return to Fighter Command. He took command of 253 Squadron just in time for the start of the Battle of Britain, acquiring fame for claiming five Messerschmitt Bf 109s in a single day. Tom Gleave, ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arnhem 1944

    The Human Tragedy of the Bridge Too Far

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    The airborne battle for the bridges across the Rhine at Arnhem ranks amongst the Second World Wars most famous actions inspiring innumerable books and the star-studded 1977 movie. This book, however, is unique: deeply moved, the author provides a fresh narrative and approach concentrating on the tragic stories of individual casualties.These men were killed at different junctures in the fighting, ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Johnnie Johnson's 1942 Diary

    The War Diary of the Spitfire Ace of Aces

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    A unique insight into how fighter pilots lived, loved—and died—through the diary of the top-scoring RAF Ace who survived the Battle of Britain.A one-time household name synonymous with the superlative Spitfire, Air Vice-Marshal "Johnnie" Johnson's aerial combat successes of World War II inspired schoolboys for generations.As a "lowly Pilot Officer," Johnson learned his fighter pilot's craft as a ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Johnnie Johnson's Great Adventure

    The Spitfire Ace of Ace's Last Look Back

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    The World War II fighter Ace's previously unpublished draft—an account of the "Long Trek" from Normandy into the heart of the Third Reich itself.Having published two of his own books, Wing Leader and The Circle of Air Fighting, Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson co-authored several more with another fighter ace, namely Wing Commander P.B. "Laddie" Lucas. In 1997, the "AVM" suggested to his friend, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spitfire!

    The Full Story of a Unique Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    "A really excellent, detailed, comprehensive and moving history of 19 Squadron, RAF during the Second World War" from the author of Arnhem 1944 ( Clash of Steel ).As a child, Dilip Sarkar was fascinated by the haunting image of an anonymous RAF Spitfire pilot. Taken minutes after landing from a Battle of Britain combat, this was Squadron Leader Brian Lane DFC, the commander of 19 Squadron, based ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Few

    The Story of the Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    The Battle of Britain started on 10 July 1940, ending 16 weeks later on 31 October 1940. The Luftwaffe’s intention was to destroy Fighter Command, domination of the skies being crucial to Hitler’s invasion plan. During that fateful summer, young RAF fighter pilots, flying Spitfires and Hurricanes, were scrambled time and time again to face insuperable odds – and the Luftwaffe was, until that point ... Read more

    $10.89 CAD