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One of the Few: A Triumphant Story of Combat in the Battle of Britain
by: Johnny A. Kent

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 11 to 14 days Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940
EAN: 9780752446035
Format: Illustrated
ISBN: 0752446037
Label: The History Press Ltd
Manufacturer: The History Press Ltd
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: June 06, 2008
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Studio: The History Press Ltd
Sales Rank: 87008

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- He just can't get enough of flying!
This is the autobiography of a Canadian who just cannot get enough of flying. He is already a proficient pilot by his late teens. To earn his keep, he goes on to fly in the RAF and eventually finds himself a test pilot and later, the CO of a Polish fighter squadron during the Battle of Britain. The Poles held a vendetta for Hitler and were more than a handful for him to control.

Perhaps the more interesting parts of his story are his test pilot exploits. He tells of his nerve-wrecking experience of testing with barrage balloons, where he flys, quite literally, into them and still manages to land his damaged craft for the scientists to inspect! Needless to say, losses in the test pilot squadrons are very high, but he survived to continue ... Read More:

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