BOOK SPITFIRE (BOX49)

 COURTESY OF GIBSONS TACTICAL TAVERN                                                                       MILITARY SURPLUS LISTING INDIVIDUALLY PICTURED

 BALLANTINE'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF WORLD WAR TWO: WEAPONS BOOK NO.  6

SPITFIRE: INTRODUCTIOIN BY AIR VICE-MARSHAL 'JOHNNIE' JOHNSON

AUTHOR: JOHN VADER

COPYRIGHT: 1969 BY JOHN VADER

SPITFIRES HAVE HIT THE GROUND, TOUCHED THE SEA, BASHED THROUGH TREES, CUT TELEGRAPH AND HIGH TENSION WIRES, COLLIDED IN THE AIR, BEEN SHOT TO PIECES, HAD RUDDERS AND PARTS OF WINGS FALL OFF AND HAVE YET MADE SAFE LANDINGS, WITH OR WITHOUT WHEELS.