303 Squadron: The Legendary Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron

摘要

Arkady Fiedler was a Polish travel writer reporting on Tahiti when World War II began, but by the summer of 1940, he was living in London as British pilots defended their country from attacks by Germany's Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. Fiedler reported on the activities of the 303 Squadron, a group of Polish military pilots flying Hawker Hurricane fighters under the command of the Royal Air Force at Northolt, an airfield west of London. Fiedler's book, translated from Polish, was first published in English in 1942, and this latest edition—newly translated—offers nine appendices and more than 100 additional archival photographs, maps, and illustrations. The following excerpt is from the chapter "7th September: A Tasty Morsel-Dormers."