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The story of the Spitfire : an operational and combat history

Title
The story of the Spitfire : an operational and combat history / Ken Delve ; foreword by Alfred Price.
Author
Delve, Ken.
Publication
London : Greenhill Books ; St. Paul, MN : MBI Pub. Co., 2007.

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Description
272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
"The Spitfire Story" presents a thrilling appraisal of this remarkable aircraft's fighting capability and the tactics of the pilots who flew it.
Subject
  • Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Fighter Command
  • 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British
  • Spitfire (Fighter plane)
  • Military operations, Aerial > British
  • Luftwaffe
  • Zweiter Weltkrieg
  • Kampfflieger
  • Gevechtsvliegtuigen
  • Spitfire
  • Großbritannien
  • Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-268) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Fighter Tactics -- Principles 11 -- 1 Development 15 -- 2 Into Battle 30 -- 3 Battle of Britain 36 -- 4 'There I Was' -- Tactical Training 53 -- 5 Offensive Operations -- Europe 65 -- 6 D-Day and Beyond 89 -- 7 Over the Desert and Italy 103 -- 8 Jungle Operations 112 -- 9 Carrier Operations 124 -- 10 Reconnaissance Operations 156 -- 11 Post-1945 Operations 163 -- 12 Spitfire Warbird 168 -- A Variant Data and Squadrons 170 -- B RAF Orders of Battle -- Spitfire Squadrons 210 -- C Spitfire Prototype Trial 219 -- D AFDU Tactical Trials: Spitfire VB versus Fw 190 222 -- E AFDU Trial: Spitfire VB Clipped-wing versus Standard Version 224 -- F AFDU Tactical Trials: Spitfire Mark VI 226 -- G AFDU Short Tactical Trials: Spitfire VIII 229 -- H AFDU Trial: Spitfire VIII JF299 with Tear-drop Canopy 231 -- I AFDU Tactical Trials: Spitfire Mark IX 234 -- J AFDU Tactical Trials: Spitfire Mark IX versus Fw 190 238 -- K AFDU Comparative Trials: Spitfire IX versus Mustang X 240 -- L AFDU Tactical Trials: Spitfire XII 244 -- M AFDU Tactical Trials: Spitfire Mark XIV 248 -- N AFDU Tactical Trials: Spitfire Mark F.21 LA201 254 -- O Tactics Used by Spitfire Day Fighter/Bomber Squadrons of 2nd TAF 258.
ISBN
  • 1853677256
  • 9781853677250
LCCN
2007280335
OCLC
  • ocm77797421
  • 77797421
  • SCSB-1457257
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library