Hurricane: Victor Of The Battle Of Britain
by:
Leo McKinstry (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781848543393 (1848543395)
Publish date: June 24th 2010
Publisher: Hodder
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
A fine book, enjoyed reading it. And I guess that the author with this book rams it home that the iconic Spitfire did not win the Battle of Britain on its ownI already had fragments of information floating around in the back of my head about the Hurricane having a 'second life' as tank buster in Nor...
Though often overshadowed by the far sexier Supermarine Spitfire, the Hawker Hurricane, as Leo McKinstry proves in this entertaining and informative book, was the true warhorse of the Battle of Britain. Introduced in 1938, it formed the backbone of the Royal Air Force’s Fighter Command at the start ...
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