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Spitfire Mark I/II Aces 1939-41 (Paperback)

by Alfred Price (Author), Keith Fretwell (Illustrator) "Spitfires first fired their guns in anger on 6 September 1939, three days after Great Britain declared war on Germany ..." (more)
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"This volume...is an exciting and formative read and a must for the personal libraries of Spitfire fans anywhere." -Jeff Troy, Park Pilot (Spring 2009)


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Spitfire Mk Is and IIs served only briefly in the frontline with the RAF, but their pilots were responsible for achieving impressive scores against the Luftwaffe during 1940/41. This volume details the RAF's first aces of World War 2 who helped stem the German tide during Britain's struggle for survival in the bitter years between 1939 and 1941. Early-mark Spitfires were notorious for their light armament, overheating engines and short range, but during the dogfights over Dunkirk and south-east England, then the first tentative sweeps across France, many pilots achieved scores of note.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best., Nov 18 2000
Most of the Ospery titles have been very good. But this one was lacking something. It needed to cover more of the pilots who flew the planes rather than the plane. There were some BOB aces that weren't mention who did quite well.

The Ospery series is one of the best available, and well worth looking up. This book though doesn't cover the aces well enough.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fine photos and info on one of the best fighters of the war, Jul 29 1998
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Alfred Price is the doyen of Spitfire authors, having published at least a dozen books on the aircraft, so it was probably hard for him to come up with new angles to cover. In this book he succeeds admirably, covering the combat use of the first two versions of the Spitfire, and giving brief bios of several important aces who flew the aircraft. Price covers both the build-up to the Battle of Britain, and the Spitfire's important part in that epic struggle. Best of all is the visual material. Among the many photos of pilots and aircraft are several I haven't seen before. There are forty well executed color side profiles of aces' Spitfires; although the Dark Green and Dark Earth color schemes of most of the aircraft can get a bit boring, they are an invaluable aid, particularly to modelers. A fine job.
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2.0 out of 5 stars The content missed the meaning of the title., April 21 1998
By Kenneth E. Wetherall "kenall" (Concord, CA. USA) - See all my reviews
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I found that Mr. Price spent more time on tactics and the aircraft itself than the pilots that flew it to 5 victories. I must admit I'm a bit bias having read Mr. Weal's BF109D/E aces book beforehand and was therefore hoping Mr. Price's book would follow the same writing style. I was disappointed. There had to be more than the 10 pilots Mr. Price focused on that achieved 5 victories in this marque of Spitfire.
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