Where Eagles Never Flew: A Battle of Britain Novel
First published as Chasing the Wind.
The Battle of France is over, the Battle of Britain is about to begin. If the swastika is not to fly over Buckingham Palace, the RAF must prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over England. Standing on the front line is 606 (Hurricane) Squadron. It has not recovered from heavy losses fighting in the skies over Dunkirk. Now, as the casualties begin to mount again, new pilots find a cold reception from the clique of experienced pilots, who resent them taking the place of their dead friends. A superb novel about the Battle of Britain based on actual events and eye-witness accounts. „Where Eagles Never Flew“ shows you the Battle of Britain from both sides of the channel through the eyes of pilots, staff and the women they loved. It tells how a few hundred men were able to prevent an invasion. Helena P. Schrader is an established aviation author and expert on the Second World War. She earned a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg with a ground-breaking dissertation on a leading member of the German Resistance to Hitler, which received widespread praise on publication in Germany. Her non-fiction publications include Sisters in Arms: The Women who Flew in WWII, The Blockade Breakers: The Berlin Airlift, and Codename Valkyrie: General Friederick Olbricht and the Plot against Hitler, an English-language adaptation of her dissertation. She has also published a number of historical novels including Hitler‘s Demons: A Novel of the German Resistance to Hitler.
“...it is hard to imagine that a new novel could be written that would make the Battle of Britain seem fresh. Yet this is exactly what Helena Schrader has achieved.” — aviation expert simon rodwell