Spitfire: A Very British Love Story

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With this new 116-page bookazine from Key Publishing, brought to you by the Airfix Model World editorial team, everything you need to know about building Airfix’s new-tool 1/24 Spitfire Mk.

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His experiences lend him credibility when writing about military aircraft and probably also when he interviewed the veterans whose experiences are recorded in this book. There are descriptions of the various upgrades to the model during the war, although it’s the stories of the veterans that form the core of this book.In parts, it's incredibly moving, especially when you think many of these pilots were under twenty when they first took to the skies. With two 2-Seat Spitfires in house we will always have a a spare ready to go on the day of your flight so technical issues that can can affect these vintage aircraft will not have to affect your adventure. There are, obviously, a lot of books that record the testimony of those who lived through the War, but I would say this is one of the best I’ve read. It covers the events as seen and witnessed through the first hand accounts of those who were part of the contribution the Spitfires made to winning the war. Women fought for and received equal pay with the male pilots – most likely the first instance in the 20th Century where equal pay at work occurred between women and men.

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This is also the story of a spiralling technological arms race, as the Spitfire is initially superior to its historic rival, the BF109, but then has to be upgraded to keep pace with changes to its enemy, and the introduction of the more deadly Focke Wolff190. To a man, (and woman), the veterans (RAF and later, all of the Allies) who shared their stories with the author had nothing but praise for the compact airplane with a huge heart and astounding athleticism. The impact of the stress on the pilots (average age of about 20) who would fly up to 5 sorties per day, against a much larger and battle-hardened enemy, not knowing whether they would come back or whether they would see their friends and colleagues again.Ken French, one of the veterans written about in this book, had a brother who was married to my granny’s sister.

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All locations allow flight in unrestricted airspace so you will also always be able to try aerobatics such as loops and rolls if so desired.While maybe a bit disjointed, there are some great war stories and it does allow you to read it in small chunks (which is why it took me a while!

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I did feel I understood more about what these people lived through and their contribution to our freedom having read the book.

Oddly, it wasn’t until I actually started reading this book that I remembered a time when I was 14 or 15 my Dad took me to an airshow as a father/daughter outing about three hours’ drive from where we lived.