Description
| Product ID: | 9780752437279 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | R.J. Mitchell: Schooldays to Spitfire |
| Subtitle: | The Story of How the Spitfire Was Designed, Built and Tested and How Close It Came to Not Happening At All |
| Authors: | Author: Gordon Mitchell |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Individual designers or design groups, Individual designers, Biography: historical, political and military, Military vehicles, Manufacturing industries, Aircraft and aviation, Biography: historical, political & military, Military aircraft, Aviation manufacturing industry, Aircraft: general interest |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The developments of this famous aircraft took it from uncompromising beginnings to become the legendary last memorial to a great man - an elegant and, with its pilots, a highly effective, weapon of war. The Spitfire began as a near disaster. The developments of this famous aircraft took it from uncompromising beginnings to become the legendary last memorial to a great man - an elegant and, with its pilots, a highly effective, weapon of war. The Spitfire would not have happened at all, however, without Mitchell''s indomitable courage and determination in the face of severe physical and psychological adversity resulting from cancer. His contribution to the Battle of Britain, and thereafter to the achievement of final victory in 1945, was so great that our debt to him can never be repaid. This poignant story is written from a uniquely personal viewpoint by his son, Gordon Mitchell. |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2006-02-01 |