Spitfire Leader Spitfire Leader

Spitfire Leader

Robert Bungey DFC, Tragic Battle of Britain Hero

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Beschreibung des Verlags

Robert Wilton Bungey was unquestionably an RAF hero. From the very beginning of the Second World War he was patrolling Germanyís border with the AASF. In the retreat from France he survived frantic day and night bombing missions flying obsolete, outclassed Fairey Battles against overwhelming odds. Many others didnít survive.??When Fighter Command desperately needed pilots in the Battle of Britain, he volunteered. He survived again when his Hurricane was shot down near the Isle of Wight. Converting to Spitfires, he commanded such aces as Jean ëPykerí Offenberg, Paddy Finucane and Bluey Truscott, his leadership from-the-front gaining their trust and respect.??While he was CO of 452 (RAAF) Squadron, it topped Fighter Commandís monthly tallies three times in a row. Later, commanding RAF Hawkinge, he was linked with air-sea rescue and Combined Operations Command.??After more than three years of active war service, he returned to Australia for Sybil, his English bride waiting with a son he had never seen. But this story of triumph against all the odds has an extraordinary ending: at once a terrible tragedy and something of a miracleÖ??Spitfire Leader is illustrated with many photographs never before published.

GENRE
Geschichte
ERSCHIENEN
2019
15. Februar
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
336
Seiten
VERLAG
Amberley Publishing
ANBIETERINFO
Amberley Publishing Holdings Limited
GRÖSSE
1,9
 MB

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