Author: Gelb, Norman,
Title: SCRAMBLE - A Narrative History of the Battle of Britain.
Description: Michael Joseph, London, 1986, 1st edn., xiv, 286pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a vivid and compelling narrative of the Battle of Britain, compiled from interviews, diaries, letters, combat reports and official papers, the pilots describe the meleé of the dogfight and their constant fight against fear and exhaustion, ground crews tell of the struggle to keep aircraft serviced and airfields operational, fighter operations control staff relate the disbelief of the oncoming hordes; and ordinary people tell of their horror of the blitz and imminent invasion, faintly bumped at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, heavily sunned at spine with lettering bleached, light foxing to flaps, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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