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AIRCRAFT
OF
THE
ACES
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SERIES
EDITOR:
TONY
HOLMES
OSPREY
AIRCRAFT
OF
THE
ACES
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12
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
6
CHAPTER
ONE
INITIAL
ENCOUNTERS
7
CHAPTER
TWO
IMPROVING
THE
BREED
18
CHAPTER
THREE
BATTLE
OF
BRITAIN
22
CHAPTER
FOUR
FURTHER
IMPROVEMENTS
AND
NEW
TACTICS
53
CHAPTER
FIVE
OVER
TO
THE
OFFENSIVE
56
CHAPTER
SIX
TOP
SPITFIRE
M
K
I/II
ACES
63
CHAPTER
SEVEN
TWO
ACES
PROFILED
69
APPENDICES
87
COLOUR
PLATES
COMMENTARY
91
INDEX
97
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AUTHOR'S
INTRODUCTION
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Without
doubt
the
Spitfire
was
the
most
famous
fighter
type
ever
to
serve
in
the
Royal
Air
Force,
and
the
most
famous
action
in
which
it
took
part
was
the
Battle
of
Britain.
This
book
describes
the
operational
career
of
the
Mark
I
and
Mark
II
versions
of
the
fighter
in
the
period
before,
during
and
immediately
after
that
epic
action.
Virtually
from
the
moment
it
entered
service,
the
Spitfire
under­
went
a
continual
programme
of
modification
as
Supermarine
engineers
worked
to
improve
the
airframe
and
Rolls-Royce
produced
new
and
more
powerful
versions
of
the
Merlin
engine.
Of
course,
the
Spitfire
would
have
amounted
to
nothing
without
the
skills
of
the
pilots
who
flew
it.
This
book
also
describes
many
of
those
who
took
it
into
action
and,
after
receiving
credit
for
five
or
more
aerial
victories,
gained
the
status
of
ace.
In
listing
the
pilots’
cred­
ited
victory
scores,
I
have
considered
only
the
confirmed
victory
claims
-
unconfirmed
claims
have
been
omitted.
Several
good
friends
contributed
material
and
photographs
to
assist
with
the
preparation
of
this
book.
In
particular
I
am
grateful
to
Norman
Franks,
Dilip
Sarkar
and
Bruce
Robertson.
Ted
Hooton
gave
me
the
benefit
of
his
vast
research
into
Spitfire
modification
states,
as
well
as
assisting
the
artists
so
that
they could
produce
the
most
accurate
colour
plates
of
the
aces’
aircraft
ever
published.
Yet
again
I
offer
my
profound
thanks
to
Chris
Shores
and
Clive
Williams
for
allowing
me
to
use
material
from
their
superb
reference
book
Aces
High.
For
anyone
wishing
to
learn
more
about
the
careers
of
the
RAF
fighter
aces,
this
book
is
strongly
recommended.
Alfred Price
January
1996
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