Название: Malta Spitfire: The Diary of an Ace Fighter Pilot
Автор: George Beurling
Издательство: Grub Street Publishing
ISBN: 1906502986
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 8,0 МБ
Язык: Английский
An aviator's true story of WWII air combat, including two dramatic weeks in the skies above the besieged island of Malta.
Twenty-five thousand feet above Malta—that is where the Spitfires intercepted the Messerschmitts, Macchis, and Reggianes as they swept eastward in their droves, screening the big Junkers with their bomb loads as they pummeled the island beneath: the most bombed patch of ground in the world.
One of those Spitfire pilots was George Beurling, nicknamed "Screwball," who in fourteen flying days destroyed twenty-seven German and Italian aircraft and damaged many more. Hailing from Canada, Beurling finally made it to Malta in the summer of 1942 after hard training and combat across the Channel. Malta Spitfire tells his story and that of the gallant Spitfire squadron, 249, which day after day ascended to the "top of the hill" to meet the enemy against overwhelming odds.