It is not only a work of colossal scholarship,
it
is the noblest literary memorial to 'The Few' yet published.
MANCHESTER
EVENING NEWS
Shining through it all is the heroism of
the men who unhesitatingly flew off on missions knowing that all the odds were
stacked against them . . . the book is a tribute to their bravery and their
sacrifice.
EXPRESS & ECHO, EXETER
Extraordinary amount of detail . . . a most
thorough book . . . the most thorough that has ever been done . . . possibly the
most thorough that could be done on the subject.
JOHN DUNN, BBC
RADIO 2
Should we remember or is it now time to let
the dead rest, the wounds heal and leave the story to the dusty pages of
history? I knew the answer when I turned the pages of 'The Battle of Britain
Then and Now'.
SUNDAY MERCURY, BIRMINGHAM
A
wealth of information which makes this book a most important contribution to the
history of this country, not only for us, but for future generations for whom
the Battle of Britain will now no longer be just a name.
THE
SCOTSMAN
First published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Battle of
Britain, After the Battle ploughed an entirely fresh furrow across this
legendary field of human conflict to produce a book which has now come to be
regarded as a memorial in itself to 'The Few'. Never before has such detailed
coverage been given to the losses of either the Royal Air Force or the
Luftwaffe. The graves of RAF aircrew that were killed have been listed, visited
by the editorial team and photographed as a complete and lasting record of those
that died. The pilots, their memorials, crashes and crash sites, and the
aircraft that have survived are profusely illustrated. Twenty of the most famous
fighter aerodromes have been explored and described as they were at the time and
as they are today. Also included is a complete listing of 'The Few' — more
than twenty-five years' work by the late John Holloway.
ISBN 0 900913 46 0
SIZE 12"×8½"
848 PAGES
1700 ILLUSTRATIONS
£59.95
CODE F006
ULTRA AND THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
FOREWORD Gwen Black
THE WAY IT WAS . . . Wilf Nicoll
THE COMMANDERS
THE OPERATIONS ROOMS
THE AERODROMES
SECTOR A
Tangmere Sector Station Jim
Beedle
Westhampnett Wilf Nicoll
SECTOR B
Kenley Sector Station Peter
Corbell
Croydon Wilf Nicoll
SECTOR C
Biggin Hill Sector Station Peter
Halliday
West Malling Robin J. Brooks
SECTOR D
Hornchurch Sector Station Group
Captain H. T. Sutton
Hawkinge Roy Humphreys
Gravesend
Ray Munday
Manston The Late Flying Officer W. Fraser
Rochford
Bill Gent
SECTOR E
North Weald Sector Station Wilf
Nicoll
Martlesham Heath Wilf Nicoll
Stapleford
Tawney Peter Norris
SECTOR F
Debden Sector Station Keith
Braybrooke
SECTOR G
Duxford/Fowlmere Sector Station
Alister Raby
SECTOR W
Exeter Michael Payne
SECTOR Y
Middle Wallop Sector Station
Norman Parker
Warmwell Ivan Mason
SECTOR Z
Northolt Sector Station Peter
Norris
THE CASUALTIES
THE RUNNEYMEDE MEMORIAL
THE POLISH MEMORIAL
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN VC Andy Saunders
THE AIRCRAFT LOSSES Peter D. Cornwell
AVIATION ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
July
August
September
October
THE LUFTWAFFE
July
August
September
October
THE BALANCE SHEET
THE SURVIVORS Gordon Riley
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL FLIGHT
TRIBUTE TO THE FEW
POSTSCRIPT BY THE EDITOR
EDITORIAL NOTE — MkIII/IV EDITION
EDITORIAL NOTE — THE MkV EDITION
PORTRAIT OF A PILOT Humphrey Wynn
THE FEW John Holloway
AIRCRAFT INDEX
The Royal Air Force
The
Luftwaffe
GENERAL INDEX
A PERSONAL OBITUARY