Spitfire Pilot (eBook)

Spitfire Pilot is a thrilling and poignant memoir by D. M. Crook, an airman in the renowned 609 Squadron, one of the RAF's most successful units during the Battle of Britain. Crook begins with his fond memories of training, including acrobatics, night flying, and leisurely days spent on sports and nights out in Piccadilly Circus. He then recounts the intense dogfights, remarkable victories, and tragic losses that were part of Britain's heroic aerial defenders' daily life in the summer of 1940. Often outnumbered, the men of 609 Squadron in their advanced Spitfires displayed unimaginable bravery against the Luftwaffe's Messerschmitts and Junkers. The absence of fallen comrades is described with great emotion. This definitive edition, the first in over six decades, includes a new foreword by David Crook's daughter and Air Vice Marshal Sandy Hunter, and an introduction by Professor Richard Overy.