Volunteer Aces of Churchill’s Few - Martin Wade

It has been many decades since the skies over southern Britain were filled with the sound and fury of the Battle of Britain. In that desperate fight, one band who had joined as part-time pilots before the war would play a vital role in eventual victory. Formed in October 1924, the Auxiliary Air Force (AAF) provided fourteen of the sixty-two RAF fighter squadrons involved in the battle. The AAF pilots, alongside those of the RAF Volunteer Reserve who also trained in their spare time, provided some... Zobrazit více