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100	1		_aKershaw, Alex. _928589
245	1	4	_aThe few : _bthe American "Knights of the air" who risked everything to fight in the battle of Britain _cAlex Kershaw.
260			_aCambridge, MA : _bDa Capo Press, _cc2006.
300			_axi, 301 p., [32] p. of plates : _bill., 1 map ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-288) and index.
520			_aThe never-before-told story of the American pilots--idealists, adventurers, romantics--who joined the RAF before America entered the war and helped save Britain in its darkest hour. Eight young Americans joined Britain's Royal Air Force, defying their country's neutrality laws and risking their U.S. citizenship to fight side-by-side with England's finest pilots in the summer of 1940--over a year before America entered the war. Flying the lethal and elegant Spitfire, they became "knights of the air" and with minimal training but plenty of guts, they dueled the skilled and fearsome pilots of Germany's Luftwaffe. By October 1940, they had helped England win the greatest air battle in the history of aviation. Winston Churchill once said of all those who fought in the Battle of Britain, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." These daring Americans were the few among the "few."--From publisher description.
610	1	0	_aGreat Britain. _bRoyal Air Force. _bFighter Command _xHistory. _928590
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xAerial operations, British. _928591
650		0	_aAmericans _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y20th century. _928592
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2009284209-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2009284209-d.html
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