Description
Product ID: | 9781445605104 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Gun Button to Fire |
Subtitle: | A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain |
Authors: | Author: Tom Neil |
Page Count: | 320 |
Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Second World War, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The amazing story of one of the 'Few', fighter ace Tom Neil who shot down 13 enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain. The amazing story of one of the ''Few'', fighter ace Tom Neil who shot down 13 enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain. This is a fighter pilot''s story of eight memorable months from May to December 1940. When the Germans were blitzing their way across France, Pilot Officer Tom Neil had just received his first posting - to 249 Squadron. Nineteen years old, fresh from training at Montrose on Hawker Audax biplanes he was soon to be pitch forked into the maelstrom of air fighting on which the survival of Britain was to depend. By the end of the year he had shot down 13 enemy aircraft, seen many of his friends killed, injured or burned, and was himself a wary and accomplished fighter pilot. |
Imprint Name: | Amberley Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Amberley Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2011-08-15 |