"Most interesting Battle of Britain books" Topic
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| Timmo uk | 28 Dec 2021 3:20 a.m. PST |
Which titles have you read that you've thought to be the most interesting ones that cover the Battle of Britain and which would you consider essential reading? |
| Guntruck | 28 Dec 2021 3:37 a.m. PST |
Not the standard history of the Battle, but I have found Wingleader's Battle of Britain Combat Archive extremely interesting. The volumes each cover a number of days in the Battle, with an overview of each raid and which squadrons on both sides were involved, with details taken from the Squadron Operational Record Books, and pilot records for each mission. Also included are claimed and actual losses, colour profiles and a lot of photographs. link Not cheap but worth the money. |
Dave Jackson  | 28 Dec 2021 3:48 a.m. PST |
1) The most dangerous enemy: Stephen Bungay
2) The Battle of Britain : James Holland
3) The Narrow margin: Derek Wood & Derek Dempster
4) The Royal Navy and the Battle of Britain: Anthony J Cumming
5) The role of intelligence in the Battle of Britain: Norman Ridley My top 5 |
| Timmo uk | 28 Dec 2021 12:21 p.m. PST |
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| Dave Jackson | 02 Jan 2022 10:50 a.m. PST |
Noted my #3 on at Thriftbooks link |
| Dave Jackson | 02 Jan 2022 10:51 a.m. PST |
Hmm…postage would be usurious for the UK. |
| Heedless Horseman | 10 Jan 2022 6:45 p.m. PST |
Hmm. A memory from LONG ago! I was fascinated by The BoB… and had a thick paperback which, I think' was 'The Narrow Margin'.
As a maybe 10 yr old… spent a couple of summers, reading a day's account of actions.Then, after wandering through MANY B/W photos… either go outside in the UK s'summer'… lying on lawn, looking up and imagining! Or… building/painting models… while the Movie BoB soundtrack was scratching away on a clapped out record player!
OK… kid memories! But still think it was an excellent book… but ended up Very 'Tatty' and 'starting to Go'
May still be there, somewhere! |
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