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Fighter Boys by Patrick Bishop
For 123 days in the summer of 1940, 3,000 youthful airmen in the Royal Air Force fought back against Hitler's advancing forces with a heroism that astonished the world. Drawing on interviews with scores of surviving pilots as well as diaries and letters never before seen, military historian and journalist Patrick Bishop re-creates with astonishing intimacy and clarity this excruciating, exhilarating war of nerves. In their own words, the pilots describe what it was like to bale out from a stricken plane, to go into battle in the face of overwhelming odds, to hear the screams of a comrade as he went down in flames. With a riveting, taut narrative, Fighter Boys relates how those young heroes changed the course of World War II--and the history of the modern world.Patrick Bishop has worked as a foreign journalist for the Daily Telegraph for around two decades, reporting from wars all over the world and serving as a senior correspondent. He is the author of 'The Irish Empire,' 'The Provisional IRA,' 'Fighter Boys,' 'Bomber Boys,' and '3 Para,' as well as the bestselling 'Fighter Boys,' 'Bomber Boys,' and '3 Para.' He is based in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670032303 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670032301 |
| Title | Fighter Boys |
| Author | Patrick Bishop |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2003-08-18 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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