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020			_a9781471159206 (hbk.) : _c20.00
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082	0	4	_a623.7464 NIC _223
100	1		_aNichol, John, _d1963-
245	1	0	_aSpitfire : _ba very British love story / _cJohn Nichol.
260			_aLondon : _bSimon & Schuster, _c[2018].
299	0	0	_aHH
300			_axiii, 434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (black and white, and colour) ; _c24 cm.
366			_b20180531 _cIP
500			_aIllustrations on lining papers.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aThe iconic Spitfire found fame during the darkest early days of World War II. But what happened to the redoubtable fighter and its crews beyond the Battle of Britain, and why is it still so loved today? In late Spring 1940, Nazi Germany's domination of Europe had looked unstoppable. With the British Isles in easy reach since the fall of France, Adolf Hitler was convinced that Great Britain would be defeated in the skies over her southern coast, confident his Messerschmitts and Heinkels would outclass anything the Royal Air Force threw at them. What Hitler hadn't planned for was the agility and resilience of a marvel of British engineering that would quickly pass into legend - the Spitfire. John Nichol's passionate portrait of this magnificent fighter aircraft, its many innovations and updates, and the people who flew and loved them, carries the reader beyond the dogfights over Kent and Sussex.
650		0	_aSpitfire (Fighter plane) _xHistory.
650		7	_aWarfare and Defence. _2eflch
650		7	_aWarfare and Defence. _2ukslc
910	0	0	_aBDS level 9
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