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'A very fine and vivid account' MAX ARTHUR. This new 2019 edition published by Spitfire Publishers substitutes Brian Lane's anonymous comrades' pseudonyms (imposed by the wartime censor) with their real identities. Reproduces Brian Lane's previously unpublished combat reports. Includes a newly written introduction, glossary and set of biographies of Lane's fellow pilots and their fate written by historian Jonathan Reeve author of BATTLE OF BRITAIN VOICES. Brian Lane was just 23 when he took command of the RAF's top fighter squadron. The first to be equipped with the brand-new Spitfire, 19 Squadron blazed a deadly trail across the skies of the south east at the height of the Battle of Britain and led experimental trials with heavier armaments and new combat tactics. Unlike most memoirs of the Battle of Britain, Brian wrote his in 1940/1 whilst the fear, exhaustion and mental stress was still raw. He shot down six enemy aircraft, endured terrifying attacks from Messerschmitt 109s in the maelstrom of massed aerial dogfights and the death of many fellow pilots. Brian was killed in action just six months after first publication in March 1942. His gripping memoir of life as Spitfire fighter pilot, and of 'one of the few' who saved Britain from invasion by Nazi Germany is a true hero's last testimony. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian Lane, from Pinner in north west London, joined the RAF in 1937, and the prestigious 19 Squadron in September 1939. He married the famous racing driver Eileen Allison just before the Battle of Britain in June 1940 and was appointed squadron leader at the beginning of September 1940. Lane disappeared on 13 December 1942 after a dogfight with Focke Wulf 190s over the North Sea near Holland. By this time Lane had shot down six enemy aircraft plus one additional shared kill. His body was never recovered. His memoir was originally published under the pseudonym 'Squadron Leader B.J. Ellan' by John Murray Publishers. Although it sold well during the war, it soon fell out of print along with many other servicemen's combat memoirs and has only recently reached 'classic' status.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781075176050
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 206
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Width: 127 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1075176050
  • Publisher Date: 23 Jun 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 277 gr

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