Uniforms & Equipment from the Summer of 1940 and the Human Stories Behind Them
by
Mark Hillier
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
The scenes are familiar ones; the young ‘Brylcream Boys’ sat at dispersal waiting for the haunting call of ‘Scramble’, lounging in their shirt sleeves and fur-lined boots, their leather flying helmets lying limp by their side. But what did the RAF fighter pilots of the Battle of Britain really...