Fighter Boys: Saving Britain 1940

Fighter Boys: Saving Britain 1940
Patrick Bishop

The Battle of Britain is one of the most crucial battles ever fought, and the victory of Fighter Command over the Luftwaffe has always been celebrated as a classic feat of arms. But, as Patrick Bishop shows in this superb history, it was also a triumph of the spirit in which the attitudes of the pilots themselves played a crucial part.Reaching beyond the myths to convey the fear and exhilaration of life on this most perilous of frontlines, Patrick Bishop offers an intimate and compelling account that is a soaring tribute to the exceptional young men of Fighter Command.Note that it has not been possible to include the same picture content that appeared in the original print version.

Fighter Boys

Saving Britain 1940

Patrick Bishop

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To Kelly and Bill

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u232877be-da48-50bc-9989-7480bba86a8c)

Title Page (#u3b13026e-14ff-5f65-99c4-c3f0c0795b0c)

Copyright (#u3028db6f-8651-5e7b-9d83-626bf4d637dc)

Dedication (#ua43bdbfe-e310-5509-87f4-130fb15f8a43)

Preface (#u5e6b08fe-59bb-5def-b6b6-19040eb510fe)

Prologue: The White Hart (#u4a02c8af-476d-5c69-94b6-75e0508def6d)

1 Sportsmen and Butchers (#u84a529f5-4059-59a2-9d5d-d7cc5e95fd59)

2 Fighters versus Bombers (#ued80a914-cf2c-5d81-ac0e-d5ca44ec78c0)

3 ‘Free of Boundaries, Free of Gravity, Free of Ties’ (#u95afc4a7-5ef1-5cc8-b0ea-afdec20a5296)

4 The Fatal Step (#uaf64dbe5-2e74-58be-a142-d6d175c7d24e)

5 Winter of Uncertainty (#litres_trial_promo)

6 Return to the Western Front (#litres_trial_promo)

7 The Battle of France (#litres_trial_promo)

8 Dunkirk (#litres_trial_promo)

9 Doing It (#litres_trial_promo)

10 Before the Storm (#litres_trial_promo)

11 The Channel Battle (#litres_trial_promo)

12 The Hun (#litres_trial_promo)

13 Hearth and Home (#litres_trial_promo)

14 Attrition (#litres_trial_promo)

15 Brotherhood (#litres_trial_promo)

16 ‘The Day Had Been a Year’ (#litres_trial_promo)

17 Autumn Sunset (#litres_trial_promo)

18 Rhubarbs and Circuses (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue: The Last Note (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading (#litres_trial_promo)

Notes and References (#litres_trial_promo)

Index (#litres_trial_promo)