Tom Neil

Gun Button to Fire

A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain

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Produktbeschreibung

The amazing story of one of the 'Few', fighter ace Tom Neil who shot down 13 enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amberley Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 126mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9781445605104
• ISBN-10: 1445605104
• Artikelnr.: 33218165

Autorenporträt

Tom Neil joined 249 Squadron flying Hurricanes just before the start of the Battle of Britain. His first victory was an Me 109, followed in quick succession by twelve others. Tom was awarded a Bar to his DFC in November 1940. After the Battle of Britain, he was soon in action again in the skies over Malta where he gained another victory. His other books include The Silver Spitfire and Gun Button To Fire. He is the Chairman of the Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot Association. Now ninety-five, he lives in Norfolk and has three sons, two of whom carry on the tradition of flying. His wife of over seventy years, Eileen, herself an RAF Flight Officer during the war, sadly died last year.