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249 at Malta : RAF's top-scoring fighter squadron / Brian Cull and Frederick Galea.

Title
249 at Malta : RAF's top-scoring fighter squadron / Brian Cull and Frederick Galea.
Author
Cull, Brian
Publication
United Kingdom ; United States : Fonthill, 2017.

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Description
224 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
Summary
By the end of 1941, following its participation in the Battle of Britain, 249 was posted to Malta. Having been informed that its pilots would be required to fly from the deck of an aircraft carrier, intensive practice flights took place with two Hurricanes fitted with long-range tanks, making shortened take-off runs from an airfield runway. And that was that. The following month, having been ferried to Gibraltar, the aircraft were off-loaded on to the Ark Royal and all 20 safely reached Malta. This was the beginning of 249's Mediterranean adventure in the defense of Malta. Spitfires would follow early in 1942, and by the time it moved to a new theater of operations, 249 had claimed 245 air victories in the skies over Malta, producing many ace pilots such as 'Screwball' Beurling, Laddie Lucas, Johnny Plagis, John Lynch, to name but a few.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 18-1488
ISBN
  • 9781781555545
  • 1781555540
OCLC
1012703612
Author
Cull, Brian, author.
Title
249 at Malta : RAF's top-scoring fighter squadron / Brian Cull and Frederick Galea.
Publisher
United Kingdom ; United States : Fonthill, 2017.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1939-1945
Research Call Number
JFE 18-1488
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