The Few : The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, All Kinds Of Books.
By the summer of 1940 World War II had been under way for nearly a year. *** was triumphant and planning an invasion of England. But the United States was still a neutral country and, as Winston Churchill later observed, "the British people held the fort alone." A few Americans, however, did not remain neutral. They joined Britain's Royal Air Force to fight ***'s air aces and help save Britain in its darkest hour. The Few is the never-before-told story of these thrill-seeking Americans who defied their country's neutrality laws to fly side-by-side with England's finest pilots. They flew the lethal and elegant Spitfire, and became "knights of the air." With minimal training and plenty of guts they dueled the skilled pilots of Germany's Luftwaffe in the blue skies over England. They shot down several of Germany's fearsome aces, and were feted as national heroes in Britain. By October 1940, they had helped England win the greatest air battle in the history of aviation. At war's end, just one of the "Few" would be alive. The others died flying, wearing the RAF's dark blue uniform-each with a shoulder patch depicting an American eagle. As Winston Churchill said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.", Hardcover, Label: Da Capo Press, Da Capo Press, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006-10-24, Studio: Da Capo Press, Verkaufsrang: 347126.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Atlanta Book Company.
By the summer of 1940 World War II had been under way for nearly a year. *** was triumphant and planning an invasion of England. But the United States was still a neutral country and, as Winston Churchill later observed, "the British people held the fort alone." A few Americans, however, did not remain neutral. They joined Britain's Royal Air Force to fight ***'s air aces and help save Britain in its darkest hour. The Few is the never-before-told story of these thrill-seeking Americans who defied their country's neutrality laws to fly side-by-side with England's finest pilots. They flew the lethal and elegant Spitfire, and became "knights of the air." With minimal training and plenty of guts they dueled the skilled pilots of Germany's Luftwaffe in the blue skies over England. They shot down several of Germany's fearsome aces, and were feted as national heroes in Britain. By October 1940, they had helped England win the greatest air battle in the history of aviation. At war's end, just one of the "Few" would be alive. The others died flying, wearing the RAF's dark blue uniform-each with a shoulder patch depicting an American eagle. As Winston Churchill said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.", Hardcover, Label: Da Capo Press, Da Capo Press, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006-10-24, Studio: Da Capo Press, Verkaufsrang: 347126.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, eQuip Online.
By the summer of 1940 World War II had been under way for nearly a year. *** was triumphant and planning an invasion of England. But the United States was still a neutral country and, as Winston Churchill later observed, "the British people held the fort alone." A few Americans, however, did not remain neutral. They joined Britain's Royal Air Force to fight ***'s air aces and help save Britain in its darkest hour. The Few is the never-before-told story of these thrill-seeking Americans who defied their country's neutrality laws to fly side-by-side with England's finest pilots. They flew the lethal and elegant Spitfire, and became "knights of the air." With minimal training and plenty of guts they dueled the skilled pilots of Germany's Luftwaffe in the blue skies over England. They shot down several of Germany's fearsome aces, and were feted as national heroes in Britain. By October 1940, they had helped England win the greatest air battle in the history of aviation. At war's end, just one of the "Few" would be alive. The others died flying, wearing the RAF's dark blue uniform-each with a shoulder patch depicting an American eagle. As Winston Churchill said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.", Hardcover, Label: Da Capo Press, Da Capo Press, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006-10-24, Studio: Da Capo Press, Verkaufsrang: 347126.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Top Notch Books [top].
New York, New York, U.S.A., Da Capo Pr, 2006. (ISBN: 0306813033) 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Hard Cover Good/Good. Jacket & boards have light wear. Text is clean & free from markings. All pages secure in binding.

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From the acclaimed author of "The Bedford Boys" and "The Longest Winter" comes the never-before-told story of the American pilots--idealists, adventurers, romantics--who joined the RAF before America entered the war in order to fight Hitler and save Britain.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Friends of the Phoenix Public Library [5216420], Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.