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THE SPITFIRE STORY

by Alfred Price

Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1986

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Large format. B/w photos. Colour illustrations.

Heavy bumping to front vertical edge and mark on corresponding area of dustwrapper. Price-cut wrapper has faded spine.

ISBN: 0853688613
Stock no. 1712035

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Contents

  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Weapon is Forged
  • 2. K.5054: The First of Many
  • 3. A Problem of Production
  • 4. The Mark I in Service
  • 5. The Saga of the Speed Spitfire
  • 6. High Speed Spies - the Mark I Reconnaissance Variants
  • 7. More Problems of Production: the Mark II and Castle Bromwich
  • 8. Phoenix from the Ashes
  • 9. the Mark III - Squeezed out of Production
  • 10. Variant Much Varied: the Mark V
  • 11. Spitfire Under Pressure: the Mark VI
  • 12. Successful Stop-Gap: the Marks IX and XVI
  • 13. Variations on a Theme: the Marks VII and VIII
  • 14. Second Generation Spies: the Marks X, XI and XIII
  • 15. The First Griffon Spitfires: the Marks IX, XII and 20
  • 16. Spitfires on Floats
  • 17. Second Generation Griffon Spitfires: Marks XIV, 18 and 19
  • 18. Spitfires made for Two
  • 19. End of the Line: the Marks 21, 22,23 and 24
  • 20. The Spitfire Summed Up
  • List of Sources
  • Index

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