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Spitfire Manual 1940

Dilip Sarkar author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Amberley Publishing

Published:15th Feb '10

Should be back in stock very soon

Spitfire Manual 1940 cover

How to fly the legendary fighter plane in combat using the manuals and instructions supplied by the RAF during the Second World War. An amazing array of leaflets, books and manuals were issued by the War Office during the Second World War to aid pilots in flying the Supermarine Spitfire, here for the first time and using the original 1940s setting, they are collated into a single book. An introduction is supplied by expert aviation historian Dilip Sarkar. Other sections include aircraft recognition, how to act as an RAF officer, bailing out etc.

'As a reminder of times as a fighter pilot in WWII this book is a must' -- Aircrew Association

ISBN: 9781848684362

Dimensions: 198mm x 124mm x 23mm

Weight: 323g

288 pages