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Full Description
Between July and October 1940, in what became known as the Battle of Britain, a nation held its breath while the pilots of the Royal Air Force battled Hitler's Luftwaffe in the skies above England. A huge number of airmen lost their lives in this hard-fought episode and in the four years of air campaigns that followed, and those who survived faced terrifying risks; as Prime Minister Winston Churchill put it, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few'. In this beautifully illustrated tribute to 'The Few', Bill Howard catalogues the objects which were essential to every wartime pilot, from the superstitious good-luck charm to the parachute on which his life might have depended and a wealth of other poignant items relating to his day-to-day existence during the air war against the Nazis.
Contents
FOREWORD
THE RAF AT WAR
RAF Motto
Recruitment
Ground Crew
Officer's Commission
Pilot's Wings
Flight Sergeant Stripes
Aircraft Identification Aids
A Force of Many Nations
Bomber Command
Maps
Type B Flying Helmet
Type C Flying Helmet
Flying Goggles
Night Adaptation Goggles
Flying Scarf
RAF Shirt
RAF Sweater
Shaving Kit
Ditch Whistle
1930 Pattern Flying Suit
Irvin Parachute
1941 Pattern 'Mae West' Life Jacket
Oxygen Mask
1933 Pattern Flying Gauntlets
Type P8 Aircraft Compass
Officer's Peaked Cap
Forage Caps
Testament
1936 Pattern Flying Boots
1940 Pattern Flying Boots
Good Luck Charms
A Pilot's Best Friend
Commonwealth Air Units
RAF Escape and Evasion Aids
Scramble Bell
Guinea Pig Club
Survivor Clubs
The WAAF at War
Diary
Letters
Missing-in-Action Letters
Irvin Jacket
Pilot's Flying Log Book
Combat Reports
Ace of Battle
Prisoners of War
Battle of Britain Medal Grouping
In Memoriam
Bibliography
Index
