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Press Day at Duxford, 4 May 1939, and a chance for No. 19 Squadron to show off its new equipment. By then the squadron number on the fin had given way to the unit’s WZ code-letters on the fuselage. Henry Cozens leading six of No. 19 Squadron’s new Spitfires in formation for the benefit of an official photographer aboard a Blenheim. The squadron number had been painted on the fighters’ tails shortly before this flight, and it would be removed soon afterwards. (If you count only five Spitfires, there is another hidden behind the fourth in order away from the camera.) CONTENTS Title Dedication Introduction Foreword 1 The Path to the Spitfire 2 Spitfire into Service 3 First Encounter 4 First Spitfire Reconnaissance Flights 5 Baptism of Fire 6 An Even Match 7 Spitfires in Captivity 8 Battle of Britain Fighting Tactics 9 Better Fitted for the Fight 10 Battle of Britain Squadron Commander 11 Thirteen Days in August 12 Fighter Command Spitfire Units, 14 September 1940 13 The Spitfire in Action, 15 September 1940 14 ‘The Injustice of it All’ 15 Feeding the Guns 16 Phoenix Rising from the Ashes 17 Skirmish Over Kent 18 Act of Chivalry 19 Spitfire Reconnaissance Pilot 20 A Fair Day’s Work 21 Outclassed 22 Production Test Pilot, Alex Henshaw MBE 23 Spitfire Night Fighters 24 Sorting Out a Rogue 25 First Spitfires to Malta 26 More Spitfires to Malta 27 Malta Spitfire Ace 28 Besieged on Malta 29 The Balance Restored 30 Duel in the Stratosphere 31 Eagle Squadron, Eighth Air Force 32 Enter the Seafire 33 The Second Greatest Thrill 34 Report on Seafire Deck Landing 35 Reconnaissance to Berlin 36 Spitfire Most Successful 37 Equal to the Very Best 38 Spitfire Floatplane 39 ‘Anyway, It is Only a Short Sea Crossing’ 40 D-Day Gunfire Spotter 41 D-Day Top Cover Squadron 42 Foe without Mercy 43 An Aerodynamicist’s View 44 Spitfire versus V2 Rocket 45 Exotic Opponent 46 Spitfires Over the Balkans 47 The Spiteful, a Spitfire too Far 48 When Spitfire Fought Spitfire 49 Seafires over Korea: The Last of the Few 50 Spitfires versus Guerrillas 51 Stronger, Safer, Swifter 52 Time to Move on: Spitfire versus Vampire 53 The Final Act 54 Spitfire Swansong Appendix A: The Spitfire Family Appendix B: The Development of the Spitfire Copyright
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