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This volume completes the "Aircraft of the Aces" trilogy on the elite pilots that flew the Spitfire in World War II. The Spitfire Mk V was the workhorse of the wartime marks, being flown in combat across the globe. It was the first of its type to be built in sufficient numbers to allow it to serve in the Far East, Australia, North Africa and Russia. A robust machine, it was often outclassed by the Luftwaffe's Fw 190. Nevertheless, pilots of the calibre of Malan, Tuck, Johnson, Beurling, Caldwell and Duke all enjoyed success with the Mk V and are described in the book.

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Introduction/Stop-Gap Spitfire Variant/Improving the Breed/In Action over North-West Europe/Air Battle for Malta/Spitfire Vs Far and Wide/Top Spitfire Mark V Aces/Appendices

Spitfire Mark V Aces 1941–45

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    A Paperback / softback by Alfred Price, Keith Fretwell

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/11/1997
      ISBN13: 9781855326354, 978-1855326354
      ISBN10: 1855326353

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume completes the "Aircraft of the Aces" trilogy on the elite pilots that flew the Spitfire in World War II. The Spitfire Mk V was the workhorse of the wartime marks, being flown in combat across the globe. It was the first of its type to be built in sufficient numbers to allow it to serve in the Far East, Australia, North Africa and Russia. A robust machine, it was often outclassed by the Luftwaffe's Fw 190. Nevertheless, pilots of the calibre of Malan, Tuck, Johnson, Beurling, Caldwell and Duke all enjoyed success with the Mk V and are described in the book.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction/Stop-Gap Spitfire Variant/Improving the Breed/In Action over North-West Europe/Air Battle for Malta/Spitfire Vs Far and Wide/Top Spitfire Mark V Aces/Appendices

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