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Corporal Leonard Guttridge was among the many unsung heroes of the Battle of Britain--the Royal Air Force mechanics and armorers who patched bullet holes, repaired engines, refueled empty tanks and replenished ammunition, enabling outnumbered pilots to return to the skies. His journal, written in tiny notebooks, at moments under enemy fire, chronicles the battle and its human toll, and portrays the tenacity of the RAF ground crews without whom the British could not have defeated the German Luftwaffe.



Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • About the Author
  • A Note to the Reader
  • Abbreviations
  • The RAF versus the Luftwaffe: September 1939
  • The Diary: 1937–1945 
  • Afterthought
  • Glossary of Aircraft Mentioned
  • RAF Bases Where Posted (1937–1945)
  • Index

We Kept Britain Flying

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    A Paperback by Leonard F. Guttridge, Vivien J. Olsen, Jan K. Herman

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: 1/23/2023 12:10:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781476693361, 978-1476693361
      ISBN10: 1476693366

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Corporal Leonard Guttridge was among the many unsung heroes of the Battle of Britain--the Royal Air Force mechanics and armorers who patched bullet holes, repaired engines, refueled empty tanks and replenished ammunition, enabling outnumbered pilots to return to the skies. His journal, written in tiny notebooks, at moments under enemy fire, chronicles the battle and its human toll, and portrays the tenacity of the RAF ground crews without whom the British could not have defeated the German Luftwaffe.



      Table of Contents
      • Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • About the Author
      • A Note to the Reader
      • Abbreviations
      • The RAF versus the Luftwaffe: September 1939
      • The Diary: 1937–1945 
      • Afterthought
      • Glossary of Aircraft Mentioned
      • RAF Bases Where Posted (1937–1945)
      • Index

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