Hurricane: Victor of the Battle of Britain
by:
Leo McKinstry (author)
In the summer of 1940 the fate of Europe hung in the balance. Victory in the forthcoming air battle would mean national survival; defeat would establish German tyranny. The Luftwaffe greatly outnumbered the RAF, but during the Battle of Britain it was the RAF that emerged triumphant, thanks to...
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In the summer of 1940 the fate of Europe hung in the balance. Victory in the forthcoming air battle would mean national survival; defeat would establish German tyranny.
The Luftwaffe greatly outnumbered the RAF, but during the Battle of Britain it was the RAF that emerged triumphant, thanks to two key fighter planes, the Spitfire and the Hurricane. The Hurricane made up over half of Fighter Command's front-line strength, and its revolutionary design transformed the RAF's capabilities.
Leo McKinstry tells the story of the remarkable plane from its designers to the first-hand testimonies of those brave pilots who flew it; he takes in the full military and political background but always keeps the human stories to the fore - to restore the Hawker Hurricane to its rightful place in history.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781848543416 (1848543417)
Publish date: 01-01-2011
Publisher: John Murray Publishers
Pages no: 373
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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