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Malta Spitfire Pilot by Denis Barnham (Paperback, 2013)
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Author:Denis Barnham. His task was to engage the overwhelming number of enemy bombers, usually protected by fighter escorts, and shoot down as many as possible. The Spitfires were bomb-scarred and battered; often they could only get two or three in the air together, and the airfields were riddled with bomb craters, but they managed to keep going and they made their mark on enemy operations.
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Malta in the summer of 1942, a Malta wide open to air attack from the Germans and Italians and defended by a handful of Spitfires and a few anti-aircraft guns. Denis Barnham, a young and inexperienced flight lieutenant, spent ten hectic weeks on this indomitable island; he left a well-ordered English aerodrome for the chaos and disillusionment of Luqa. His task was to engage the overwhelming number of enemy bombers, usually protected by fighter escorts, and shoot down as many as possible. The Spitfires were bomb-scarred and battered; often they could only get two or three in the air together, and the airfields were riddled with bomb craters, but they managed to keep going and they made their mark on enemy operations. The author has written a powerful account of his experiences in Malta starting with his trip out in an American aircraft carrier through the ceaseless battle and turmoil during the desperate defence of the island, until his departure by air back to England, having seen the reinforcements safely landed and the tide of battle turning. His descriptions and illustrations of the air action are thrilling, but terrifying. It is at times a very grim story but is told with humour and compassion to bring, arguably, one of the best firsthand accounts of aerial combat ever written.Product Identifiers
PublisherGrub Street Publishing
ISBN-139781909166035
eBay Product ID (ePID)148909087
Product Key Features
Book TitleMalta Spitfire Pilot
AuthorDenis Barnham
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicGovernment, History
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height210mm
Item Width135mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDenis Barnham
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 16 May, 2018
Reluctant Warrior
Barnham’s discomfort with his chosen Service in the RAF permeates this story, but this benefits the readers insight into the less glorious aspects of being a fighter pilot in a war zone where the odds of survival were not good. Nevertheless, Barnham - and many other fighter pilots did survive. What emerges from this story is the mismatch between the rhetoric of the AOC, Lloyd, and the disjointed, ad hoc, amateur way Lloyd used radar, communications intercept capabilities and the fighter aircraft allocated to him in attempts to deny the GAF air superiority, is marked. The pervasive impression that being outnumbered left only one option: to head away from the incoming Germans and Italians, in order to gain height, then turn back north to shoot at the GAF when they had bombed the Island, merits more attention than given by historians so far.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Jun, 2024
thanks, could have done without all the stickers on the cover, but the book itself is fine.
thanks, could have done without all the stickers on the cover, but the book itself is fine.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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