Flying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years

Flying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years

by Hugh Dundas
Flying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years

Flying Start: A Fighter Pilot's War Years

by Hugh Dundas

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Overview

“A personal and vivid view of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) engagement of the Luftwaffe in World War II . . . Exciting, valuable, and good reading.” —Library Journal

This is the autobiography of Group Captain Sir Hugh Dundas CBE, DSO, DFC, who was one of the most distinguished fighter pilots of World War II. He writes of his wartime experiences, and particularly of his period as Squadron Leader and Wing Commander and his involvement in the Battle of Britain.

“It was a stirring life of comradeship and high adventure but with death ever-present, riding on the wings of these knights of the sky. Dundas captures the atmosphere of those days and the feelings and fears of the men who flew in combat. The world should never forget what the RAF did and it is good that books such as this are being republished to a new generation of readers who never lived through the days of Hugh Dundas.” —Yorkshire Gazette and Herald

“It stands out from many other accounts of war-time air operations because of its very clear coverage of events both at the fighting and at the operational levels . . . It is a gripping tale well told, and one that easily holds the reader’s attention throughout.” —The Bulletin (Military Historical Society)

“This is an important book for historians and enthusiasts, but it is also an important social history of a period that is rapidly passing into history as those who were there and survived now approach the end of their life.” —Firetrench

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781844687169
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date: 01/24/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 300,393
File size: 7 MB

About the Author

Hugh Dundas is an author and a historian.

Table of Contents

Chronology vii

1 Boy's-Eye View 1

2 Longing to Fly 10

3 Spitfire 21

4 The Waiting Weeks 33

5 Battle of Britain 42

6 The Bader Factor 51

7 Desolation 59

8 Conflict over France 70

9 A Leader Falls 86

10 Intermission 96

11 Typhoon Command 101

12 High Spirits, Low Flying 114

13 The Tunis Campaign 124

14 Back into Europe 140

15 Down in the Dumps 155

16 Close Support 166

17 The Last Throw 184

Appendix 194

Photographic Acknowledgements 205

Index 206

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