Griffon Spitfire Aces

Griffon Spitfire Aces

Griffon Spitfire Aces

Griffon Spitfire Aces

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Overview

Modified for low-level operations to counter Luftwaffe attacks on the south coast, the Griffon-powered Spitfire XIV became the best low-level fighter of World War II. Squadrons moved to south-eastern England to counter the V1 flying bomb offensive, where daring pilots pioneered the technique of tipping the V1 over with the aircraft's wingtip to disorientate the bomb. Andrew Thomas also investigates the role played by the modified Spitfire squadrons after the V1 offensive, both in the attack on Germany and after the war in Malaya and Palestine. First-hand stories, photographs and colour profiles complete this account of the aces who flew the most powerful Spitfire variant ever built.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472801876
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 02/20/2013
Series: Aircraft of the Aces , #81
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 96
File size: 19 MB
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About the Author

Andrew Thomas is one of Britain's most pre-eminent RAF researchers, having published numerous squadron histories and seven volumes in the Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series. He is presently a serving officer in the RAF.

Based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Chris Davey has illustrated more than 20 titles for Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft and Aviation Elite Units series since 1994. He is one of the last traditional airbrush artists in the business and has become Osprey's artist of choice for both USAAF fighters and RAF subject matter, proving his undoubted skill when dealing with large aircraft subjects such as the Halifax and Sunderland.
Chris Davey has illustrated more than 70 titles for Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series since 1994. Based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, as one of the very last traditional airbrush artists in the business, he has become the company's illustrator of choice for both USAAF fighters and RAF subject matter, proving his undoubted skill when dealing with large aircraft subjects such as the Halifax, Sunderland, Lancaster, and Stirling.

Table of Contents

Background to Griffon-engined Spitfire/Description of initial victories with Mk XII & personal accounts/Fighter operations from UK up to D-Day/The campaign against the V1 flying bomb/Operations over France, Belgium and Holland in advance to German border up to end 1944/Fighter operations during the advance through Germany to the final surrender including successful combats against Luftwaffe jets/Fighter operations by Griffon-Spitfire from UK spring 1945/Griffon-Spitfires in the Far East/Post-war air combat action over Egypt/Last operations by Spitfires in Malaya
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