249 AT WAR
Written by Brian Cull
Published by Grub Street
in 1997
ISBN: 1898697493
249 AT WAR
Written by Brian Cull.
Stock no. 1829817
1st.
1997.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The authorised history of the RAF's top-scoring fighter squadron of WWII. Navy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xii and 292 pages including index. ISBN: 1898697493. A lovely copy!
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Malta Introduction
- Dedication
- Comparative Ranks of the RAF, Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica
- In the Beginning....
- Chapter One The Squadron is Reborn
- Chapter Two The Thin Blue Line
- Chapter Three The Battle is Won - October Skirmishing
- Chapter Four On the Offensive
- Chapter Five In Mediterranean Skies
- Chapter Six Spitfires Arrive in the Nick of Time
- Chapter Seven Battle for Survival
- Chapter Eight Bloody July
- Chapter Nine The Final Blitz - The Battle is Won
- Chapter Ten The Turning Tide
- Chapter Eleven The Balkans: Spitbomber Operations
- Chapter Twelve The Balkans: Mustangs Arrive
- Chapter Thirteen An Uneasy Peace
- Chapter Fourteen I:nto the Jet Age
- Chapter Fifteen Back to War - Suez and Oman
- Chapter Sixteen By Canberra to Disbandment
- Gone by not Forgotten
- Appendices
- Select Bibliography
- Index