Fighter Pilots of the Raf: 1939-1945

by Chaz Bowyer

The author has selected some twenty RAF fighter pilots of the Second World War, not only to give overdue recognition to their prowess and courage, but also to exemplify the wide diversity of the individual characters of those men whose war was fought from the cockpit of an RAF fighter. A few were familiar names but most received little or no public acclaim, being part of the silent majority which provided the real spine of the RAF's fighter effort throughout the conflict.

223 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Chaz Bowyer (1927-2008) was an aviation historian and author. He joined the RAF, aged 16, in 1942 and left it in 1969. Then he turned his hand to his life-long passion for aviation and started writing.

Reviews

[luis p. garza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pilots of British Empire

Excellent book covers not only well known aces but pilots who did their job with out the public fan fare