RAF’s Top-Scoring Fighter Squadron
by
Brian Cull, Frederick Galea
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
By the end of 1941, following its participation in the Battle of Britain, 249 Squadron was posted to Malta. Having been informed that its pilots would be required to fly from the deck of an aircraft carrier, intensive practice flights took place with two Hurricanes fitted with long-range tanks, making...