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Birth of The Few: 16 October 1939-RAF Spitfires win their first battle with the Luftwaffe
by Buckton, Henry (From The Notes Of Group Captain Sir Hugh Douglas CBE DSO DFC DL)
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 185310972X
- ISBN 13
- 9781853109720
- Seller
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About This Item
Shrewsbury UK, Airlife Publishing, 1998, hardcover, 160 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slightest of spine-end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge nicks, tiny scuff to spine, displays beautifully in new Brodart sleeve. An account of the first day that the Spitfire was used in combat, the events leading up to the Luftwaffe air raid, and the results that followed, drawn mainly from primary sources. Illustrated with 12 black-&-white plates and 4 pages of detailed maps. Two appendices give details of the Officers and Operations of the No. 603, City of Edinburgh (Fighter) Squadron. ISBN 9781853109720
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- West of Eden Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7964
- Title
- Birth of The Few: 16 October 1939-RAF Spitfires win their first battle with the Luftwaffe
- Author
- Buckton, Henry (From The Notes Of Group Captain Sir Hugh Douglas CBE DSO DFC DL)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 185310972X
- ISBN 13
- 9781853109720
- Publisher
- Airlife Publishing Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Shrewsbury
- This edition first published
- October 1998
- Keywords
- Aviation; England; Firth, Forth of; General; History; History of engineering & technology; Military; Scotland; Second World War; Technology & Engineering; Transportation; World War II; World War, 1939-1945
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