May 10, 2008 at 6:40 am
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This book is a critical review of the claims of planes or of various targets destroyed by british fighter pilots (Fighter Command, Royal Air Force Component, Advanced Air Striking Force, Coastal Command, Air Fleet Arm, North-Western Expeditionary Force), and constitutes a sequel to the three volumes dealing with the victories claimed by french fighter planes, which have caused quite a stir by denouncing the lie of the 1000 victories” propagated by Vichy France, and which for the first time presented the comprehensive list of ratified victories overlooked by historians !
In this book the author examines the british fighter planes achievements, whose record – after the requisite comparison with german losses – is vastly superior to the different records presented so far, and stands well over the french fighter planes record ! 6/10° of the victories are to be credited to the British, whereas 4/10° goes to the French with a force four times larger…