RAF Fighter Command Pilot

RAF Fighter Command Pilot Ref: WAR164
The Western Front 1939-42

by Mark Barber

Includes six paintings by Graham Turner G.Av.A.

Books bought from Studio 88 are individually
hand-signed by artist Graham Turner

From the publisher's website:
The recent 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, combined with the threat of significant cuts to the current RAF, have highlighted the importance of Fighter Command in the early days of World War II once more. The role of the "few", as described by Churchill, during the Battle of Britain has been the subject of much mythologizing both at the time and in the years since. This title will put Fighter Command in context; describing the lack of funding and attention which it received during the interwar period, until it was almost too late. The myth of the fighter pilot will be humanized, with first-hand accounts quoted which put nervous but brave human beings from all walks of life in the cockpit. Although the Battle of Britain may not have in itself been the decisive encounter that it has historically been portrayed as, the moral victory won by the RAF, the victory that proved that Germany could be defeated, was just as important as a military-strategic victory.

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Paperback
248 x 184mm
64 pages
Published September 2012

Price: £14.99

Osprey books bought from Studio 88 are individually hand-signed by the artist Graham Turner G.Av.A.

Original Paintings

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Giclée Prints

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