Malta Spitfire The Diary of a Fighter Pilot |
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| Author:
| Beurling, George
Roberts, Leslie |
| Series title: | Greenhill Military Paperbacks Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85367-487-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2002 |
| Publisher: | Greenhill Book
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $44.95 |
Book Description:
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-- Exciting eyewitness action in the skies over Malta -- The experiences of a young Canadian pilot -- The tactics and techniques of a fighter ace
In the summer of 1942, twenty-five thousand feet above Malta, RAF Spitfires fought combat after bitter combat with clouds of German and Italian bombers and fighters. One of those Spitfire pilots was the Canadian George Beurling who, in fourteen flying days, destroyed twenty-seven Axis aircraft, damaged eight others, and...
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-- Exciting eyewitness action in the skies over Malta
-- The experiences of a young Canadian pilot
-- The tactics and techniques of a fighter ace
In the summer of 1942, twenty-five thousand feet above Malta, RAF Spitfires fought combat after bitter combat with clouds of German and Italian bombers and fighters. One of those Spitfire pilots was the Canadian George Beurling who, in fourteen flying days, destroyed twenty-seven Axis aircraft, damaged eight others, and probably destroyed three more. Malta Spitfire tells Beurling's remarkable story and that of the outnumbered but dogged Spitfires which, day after day, climbed into the skies to defend the most bombed patch of land in the world.