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  • Spitfire!

    The Full Story of a Unique Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    "A really excellent, detailed, comprehensive and moving history of 19 Squadron, RAF during the Second World War" from the author of Arnhem 1944 ( Clash of Steel ).As a child, Dilip Sarkar was fascinated by the haunting image of an anonymous RAF Spitfire pilot. Taken minutes after landing from a Battle of Britain combat, this was Squadron Leader Brian Lane DFC, the commander of 19 Squadron, based ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Battle of Britain The Movie

    The Men and Machines of one of the Greatest War Films Ever Made

    by Robert J. Rudhall, Dilip Sarkar ...
    Released in 1969, the film Battle of Britain went on to become one of the most iconic war movies ever produced. The film drew many respected British actors to accept roles as key figures of the battle, including Sir Laurence Olivier as Hugh Dowding and Trevor Howard as Keith Park. It also starred Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer and Robert Shaw as squadron leaders. As well as its large all-star ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Johnnie Johnson's 1942 Diary

    The War Diary of the Spitfire Ace of Aces

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    A unique insight into how fighter pilots lived, loved—and died—through the diary of the top-scoring RAF Ace who survived the Battle of Britain.A one-time household name synonymous with the superlative Spitfire, Air Vice-Marshal "Johnnie" Johnson's aerial combat successes of World War II inspired schoolboys for generations.As a "lowly Pilot Officer," Johnson learned his fighter pilot's craft as a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Gathering Storm

    Prelude to the Spitfire Summer of 1940

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    Series series Battle of Britain
    Dilip Sarkar has studied the Battle of Britain period for a lifetime and is renowned for his meticulous research and evidence-based approach, setting events within the broadest possible context. In doing so, he has helped enrich our appreciation and understanding of the past. In this, the first of a new seven volume series on the Battle of Britain, we have the background to the aerial conflict of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Final Few

    The Last Surviving Pilots of the Battle of Britain Tell Their Stories

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    During the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone, defying the Luftwaffe’s aerial assault – the prelude to a proposed seaborne invasion. Fighter Command faced this challenge against overwhelming odds with immeasurable courage and tenacity, the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, immortalising these young Spitfire and Hurricane pilots as ‘The Few’. Some 2,927 aircrew comprised the ‘Few’, 544 of whom ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Last of the Few

    18 Battle of Britain Fighter Pilots Tell Their Extraordinary Stories

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    Spitfire and Hurricane fighter pilots recount their experiences of combat during the Battle of Britain. 2,927 aircrew of RAF Fighter Command fought and won the Battle of Britain in 1940, 544 lost their lives in action. They flew to battle in Spitfires and Hurricanes, Defiants and Blenheims, although it is the two former fighter types - single-seaters both - that still inspire and capture our ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Arnhem 1944

    The Human Tragedy of the Bridge Too Far

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    The airborne battle for the bridges across the Rhine at Arnhem ranks amongst the Second World Wars most famous actions inspiring innumerable books and the star-studded 1977 movie. This book, however, is unique: deeply moved, the author provides a fresh narrative and approach concentrating on the tragic stories of individual casualties.These men were killed at different junctures in the fighting, ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Faces of HMS Royal Oak

    The 'Mighty Oak' Disaster at Scapa Flow

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    On 14 October each year, a White Ensign is placed on the stern of an upturned warship by Royal Navy divers. This act commemorates the 835 men of HMS Royal Oak who died in 1939 when the battleship was sunk at anchor in Scapa Flow by the German U-boat U-47. The sinking of the veteran First World War Revenge-class Royal Oak shocked not only the Admiralty, but the whole nation. Though Scapa Flow was ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Battle of Britain Attack of the Eagles

    13 August 1940–18 August 1940

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    "Sarkar thoroughly researched and constructed this de-tailed narrative after careful deconstruction and forensic analysis of primary sources. His work as a trained detective and historian are evidence-based with actual facts driving the narrative."- The Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation In this unprecedented series exploring the big story of the Battle of Britain, renowned historian ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Battle of Britain Daylight Defeat

    18 September 1940 - 30 September 1940

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    Sarkar’s sixth volume examines the fourth phase of the Battle of Britain, detailing Luftwaffe failures and Britain’s resilience.In this, the sixth of Dilip Sarkar’s unprecedented eight-volume series, the day-by-day events occurring in the fourth phase of the Battle of Britain are chronicled and set within a much wide context, including the operations of Bomber and Coastal Commands and the Home ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Few

    The Story of the Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    The Battle of Britain started on 10 July 1940, ending 16 weeks later on 31 October 1940. The Luftwaffe’s intention was to destroy Fighter Command, domination of the skies being crucial to Hitler’s invasion plan. During that fateful summer, young RAF fighter pilots, flying Spitfires and Hurricanes, were scrambled time and time again to face insuperable odds – and the Luftwaffe was, until that point ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Spitfire Ace of Aces

    The Wartime Story of Johnnie Johnson

    by Dilip Sarkar ...
    Johnnie Johnson is a character literally straight out of the pages of ' Boys Own'. By the end of the Second World War the RAF Spitfire pilot was a household name in Britain, feted by Churchill and Eisenhower. Although he missed the Battle of Britain, when slow- flying bombers were abundant and easy targets for fighters, by 1945 he had notched up 381/2 enemy 'kills' - all fighters, which took far ... Read more

    $10.99 USD