Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

by Cotter, Jarrod; Blackah, Paul; Lowe, Malcolm; Price, Alfred

• ISBN13: 9780857330550
• ISBN10: 0857330551
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-01
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

This unique three-book boxed set of Haynes aircraft manuals is published jointly with the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. When the RAF and Luftwaffe clashed over southern England in the summer of 1940, three iconic fighter aircraft locked horns in mortal combat: they were the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane of the RAF, and the Luftwaffers"s Messerschmitt Bf109. This officially endorsed commemorative boxed set tells you about three great fighter aircraft of the 20th century.

Author Biography

Jarrod Cotter is one of the lucky few to have flown in a Lancaster. He served for nine years in the RAF. He is co-author of the Haynes Avro Lancaster Manual, author of the Haynes P-51 Mustang Manual and Living Lancasters (Sutton). He is a former editor of FlyPast, Aviation Classics and Aeroplane Monthly magazines. He lives in Lincolnshire.

Paul Blackah joined the RAF in 1976 and trained as an airframe fitter. In 1993 he was posted to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. His specialized knowledge of vintage aircraft is considered crucial to the maintenance of the aircraft in the flight. In the 1990s, Paul was closely involved in the restoration-to-flight of the Messerschmitt Bf109F 'Black 6'. He lives in Lincolnshire, England.

Malcolm Lowe has written for journals and periodicals world-wide on aviation, space-flight, classic cars and ships, and has built a reputation for careful and authoritative research, based where possible on original documentation and photography. He has also written for more than thirty magazines world-wide, and most recently has been an historical contributor to such leading magazines as Aeroplane Monthly in Britain, Flieger Magazin and Aero International in Germany and Popular Mechanics in the US. He is a resident of Dorset, England.

Jarrod Cotter is an aviation author and editor of Aviation Classics magaine.Malcolm V. Lowe is an aviation historian and author.Dr. Alfred Price is a world authority on the Spitfire.