Sky Tiger: The Story of Group Captain Sailor Malan - Softcover

Franks, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0907579299 ISBN 13: 9780907579298

Verlag: Crecy Publishing, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

This is the biography of the renowned WWII South African Spitfire pilot Adolf (Sailor) Malan. The book recounts how he rose in less than 15 months to be acknowledged as Britain's premier fighter pilot.

A born leader, a superb shot and an exceptional tactician, Malan honed his skills in the air battles over Dunkirk and later in his Spitfire during the Battle of Britain.

He escorted Horsa Gliders carrying some of the first British units into action during the D-Day landings and later became Station Commander at Biggin Hill.

Malan was a larger than life and heroic figure in an era which had more than its fair share of such men. He finished the war with the reputation both as one of the RAF's great fighter pilots and one of the leading tactical thinkers on the use of fighter aircraft in conflict.

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Norman Franks is a respected historian and author. Previous titles for Pen and Sword include InThe Footsteps of the Red Baron (co-authored with Mike OConnor), The Fighting Cocks, RAF Fighter Pilots Over Burma, Dogfight, The Fallen Few of the Battle of Britain (with Nigel McCrery) and Dowdings Eagles. Over the course of his career, Frank has published some of the most compelling works on First World War fighter aviation, being one of the worlds leading authorities on the subject.

He lives in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Crecy Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0907579299
• ISBN 13: 9780907579298
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
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