Author: Deighton, Len (intro A. J. P. Taylor),
Title: FIGHTER - The True Story of the Battle of Britain.
Description: Triad / Granada, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, xxi, 335pp, 36pp half tone photo ills., 33 in text figures and/or diagrams, decorative montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), the acclaimed and comprehensive account of the Battle of Britain, with an examination of pre-WW2 air defence strategy, a biographical sketch of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding - the C in C of RAF Fighter Command, the aircraft, radar and operational control, a day by day account of the Battle with the tactics employed and the results (stripped of contemporary propaganda enhancement), and how, with superior numbers, Germany managed not to win, faint creasing and sunning to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light creases cnrs. of wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

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