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The few : the American "Knights of the air" who risked everything to fight in the battle of Britain
- Title
- The few : the American "Knights of the air" who risked everything to fight in the battle of Britain / Alex Kershaw.
- Author
- Kershaw, Alex.
- Publication
- Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, [2006], ©2006.
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- Description
- xi, 301 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 1 map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The never-before-told story of the American pilots - idealists, adventurers, romantics - who helped save Britain in its darkest hour." "It was the summer of 1940, and World War II had been raging for nearly a year. Buoyed by his successes on the Continent, Hitler was now planning an invasion of England to seal Europe's fate. Though the United States was still a neutral country, a few Americans decided they couldn't remain on the sidelines. They joined Britain's Royal Air Force to defend the country - with the future of civilization hanging in the balance." "The Few is the dramatic and unforgettable sotry of these Americans who defied their country's neutrality laws and risked their very citizenship to fight side-by-side with England's finest pilots. Flying the lethal and elegant Spitfire, and became "knights of the air" who, with minimal training but plenty of guts, dueled the skilled and fearsome aces of Germany's Luftwaffe. By October 1940, they had helped England win the greatest air battle in the history of aviation. Some five years later, at war's end, just one of them would be alive."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-288) and index.
- ISBN
- 0306813033
- LCCN
- 9780306813030
- OCLC
- ocm74284748
- SCSB-5288296
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries