Images of War Aircraft Salvage in Batle of Britain and the Blitz

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Aircraft Salvage in the Battle of Britain and Blitz comprises of some 140-150 images of the work of RAF and civilian salvage squads during the Battle of Britain, the Blitz and beyond. The images depict losses across Britain, both RAF and German, during this period. Each picture tells its own story, and is fully captioned with historical detail. The author covers a topic that has rarely been examined in this detail. Each section has a short introduction and the images nclude those of shot down aircraft, including relatively intact machines, badly damaged/destroyed wreckages, photographs of pilots and other related illustrations. All images are from the author's unique collection of wartime photographs of Luftwaffe losses, collected from a variety of sources across some thirty-five years of research. 140-150 illustrations

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Andy Saunders is a freelance writer and researcher specialising in military aviation history with particular emphasis on the Battle of Britain and the air war over north-west Europe 1939-1945.