The Silver Spitfire (The Legendary WWII RAF Fighter Pilot in his Own Words)
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Product Details
Author:
Tom Neil
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
320
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Group (February 26, 2027)
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date:
February 26, 2027
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781399643450
ISBN-10:
1399643452
Weight:
16oz
File:
hbgusa-hbgusa_onix30_P10182312_06082026-20260608.xml
Folder:
hbgusa
List Price:
$19.99
Pub Discount:
65
As low as:
$15.39
Publisher Identifier:
P-HACH
Discount Code:
A
Overview
A brilliantly vivid Second World War memoir by one of 'the Few' Spitfire fighter pilots.
Following the D-Day landings, Battle of Britain hero Tom Neil was assigned as RAF liaison to an American fighter squadron. As the Allies pushed east, Neil commandeered an abandoned Spitfire as his own personal aeroplane. Erasing any evidence of its provenance and stripping it down to bare metal, it became the RAF's only silver Spitfire.
Alongside his US comrades, he took the silver Spitfire into battle until, with the war's end, he was forced to make a difficult decision. Faced with too many questions about the mysterious rogue fighter, he contemplated increasingly desperate measures to offload it, including bailing out mid-Channel. He eventually left the Spitfire at Worthy Down, never to be seen again.
The Silver Spitfire is the first-hand, gripping story of Neil's heroic experience as an RAF fighter pilot and his reminiscences with his very own personal Spitfire.
Following the D-Day landings, Battle of Britain hero Tom Neil was assigned as RAF liaison to an American fighter squadron. As the Allies pushed east, Neil commandeered an abandoned Spitfire as his own personal aeroplane. Erasing any evidence of its provenance and stripping it down to bare metal, it became the RAF's only silver Spitfire.
Alongside his US comrades, he took the silver Spitfire into battle until, with the war's end, he was forced to make a difficult decision. Faced with too many questions about the mysterious rogue fighter, he contemplated increasingly desperate measures to offload it, including bailing out mid-Channel. He eventually left the Spitfire at Worthy Down, never to be seen again.
The Silver Spitfire is the first-hand, gripping story of Neil's heroic experience as an RAF fighter pilot and his reminiscences with his very own personal Spitfire.
