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Fighter Boys: The Battle of Britain, 1940

Fighter Boys: The Battle of Britain, 1940

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Fighter Boys: The Battle of Britain, 1940

by Bishop, Patrick

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0670032301
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9780670032303
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New York: Viking Penguin, 2003. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiv, 434 pp. First printing. Previous owner note on the front free endpaper; gift inscription on the half-title page. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.

Synopsis

For 123 days in the summer of 1940, 3,000 youthful airmen in the Royal Air Force fought back against Hitler’s advancing forces with a  heroism that astonished the world. Drawing on interviews with scores of surviving pilots as well as diaries and letters never before seen, military historian and journalist Patrick Bishop re-creates with astonishing intimacy and clarity this excruciating, exhilarating war of nerves. In their own words, the pilots describe what it was like to bale out from a stricken plane, to go into battle in the face of overwhelming odds, to hear the screams of a comrade as he went down in flames. With a riveting, taut narrative, Fighter Boys relates how those young heroes changed the course of World War II—and the history of the modern world.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Fighter Boys: The Battle of Britain, 1940
Author
Bishop, Patrick
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First American Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10
0670032301
ISBN 13
9780670032303
Publisher
Viking Penguin
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2003
Pages
434
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords
World War II - Europe World War II

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