Spitfire!

The Experiences of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot

By: Brian Lane

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Paperback | 15 June 2009

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The remarkable Battle of Britain experiences of Spitfire pilot Brian Lane, DFC. Brian Lane was only 23 when he when he wrote his dramatic account of life as a Spitfire pilot during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. Lane was an ''ace'' with six enemy ''kills'' to his credit and was awarded the DFC for bravery in combat. The text is honest and vibrant, and has the immediacy of a book written close the event, untouched, therefore, by the doubts and debates of later years. Here we can read, exactly what it was like to ''scramble'', to shoot down Messerschmitts, Heinkels, Dorniers and Stukas and how it felt to lose comrades every day. Squadron Leader Brian Lane DFC was not only an exceptional fighter pilot but likewise a gifted leader, at all levels. In what was still a hierarchical and class conscious culture, ''Chiefy'' Lane was different: he knew everyone under his command by first names, no matter how lowly their rank or status, and in the air he was always unflappable, calmly making the right tactical decision and in the process earning unlimited respect amongst pilots and aircrew. All these years later the survivors still speak of him with an unparalleled affection and respect bordering upon a holy reverence. High drama has never before been so characteristically understated, written, as it was, by the ''Finest of the Few''.

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True War Stories Series	p. 2
Foreword	p. 7
Dramatis Personae	p. 13
Author's Note	p. 15
How to Shoot a Line	p. 16
Luck: 1935-August 1939	p. 19
First Blood: September 1939-25 May 1940	p. 23
Dunkirk - First Patrol: Morning, 26 May 1940	p. 27
More Patrols: Afternoon, 26 May 1940-27 May 1940	p. 33
First Wing Patrol: 28 May 1940-30 May 1940	p. 39
Dawn Patrol: Dawn, 1 June 1940	p. 43
Dunkirk the Last Patrols: Morning, 1 June 1940-4 June 1940	p. 48
Nocturne Militaire: 5 June 1940-30 June 1940	p. 55
'A' Flight Has Some Luck: 1 July 1940-23 August 1940	p. 63
A Question of Ammunition: 24 August 1940	p. 68
Sad Promotion: 25 August 1940-13 September 1940	p. 72
Der Tag! 14 September 1940	p. 78
Out of Control: 15 September 1940-27 September 1940	p. 86
Quiet Days: 28 September 1940-15 November 1940	p. 90
The Day's Work: 16 November 1940-13 March 1941	p. 95
In the Pale Moonlight: 14 March 1941	p. 100
More Moonlight: 15 March 1941	p. 105
Almost Like Old Times: 16 March 1941-8 April 1941	p. 110
Conclusion	p. 115
List of Illustrations	p. 117
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