THE SPITFIRE STORY
Written by Alfred Price
Published by Arms & Armour Press
in 1986
ISBN: 0853688613
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- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
- WORLD WAR II
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THE SPITFIRE STORY
Written by Alfred Price.
Stock no. 1712035
1986.
Hardback.
Large format.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0853688613. Heavy bumping to front vertical edge and mark on corresponding area of dustwrapper. Price-cut wrapper has faded spine.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. A Weapon is Forged
- 2. K.5054: The First of Many
- 3. A Problem of Production
- 4. The Mark I in Service
- 5. The Saga of the Speed Spitfire
- 6. High Speed Spies - the Mark I Reconnaissance Variants
- 7. More Problems of Production: the Mark II and Castle Bromwich
- 8. Phoenix from the Ashes
- 9. the Mark III - Squeezed out of Production
- 10. Variant Much Varied: the Mark V
- 11. Spitfire Under Pressure: the Mark VI
- 12. Successful Stop-Gap: the Marks IX and XVI
- 13. Variations on a Theme: the Marks VII and VIII
- 14. Second Generation Spies: the Marks X, XI and XIII
- 15. The First Griffon Spitfires: the Marks IX, XII and 20
- 16. Spitfires on Floats
- 17. Second Generation Griffon Spitfires: Marks XIV, 18 and 19
- 18. Spitfires made for Two
- 19. End of the Line: the Marks 21, 22,23 and 24
- 20. The Spitfire Summed Up
- List of Sources
- Index