The Fight of the Few Author:Richard Alexander Hough During the early days of the Battle of Britain the fighters and bombers of the Luftwaffe dominated the skies of southern England. In the thick of it Flying Officer Keith Stewart and Mike Browning, an American, in their battle-weary Hurricanes contested the might of Goering's gleaming Messerschmitt 109s and 110s. Although the R.A.F. pilots &n... more »bsp;were desperately outnumbered and exhausted by the unceasing demands made on them, the Battle of Britain was won by men like Keith and Mike.
The novel tells with honest realism of those hectic months that marked the beginning of trouble for Hitler's forces. With effortless authenticity Mr.Hough, a former R.A.F. pilot, writes of savage dogfights, the victory celebrations, the straffing of Fighter Command airfields, the no-bloody-reason parties, and the terrifyingly short live-for-the-moment leaves.
The Fight of the Few is a story of the great and desperate days of 1940 and of the men and women of the R.A.F. in their finest hour, -- those to whom Sir Winston Churchill paid his unforgettable tribute on August 20,1940: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."« less
ISBN-13: 9780688036065 ISBN-10: 0688036066 Publication Date: 1979 Pages:237 Edition:1st U.S. ed Rating: