Title: Spitfire Mark I P9374
Subtitle: The Extraordinary
Story of
Recovery, Restoration and Flight
Author/s: Andy Saunders
RRP: $39.99
ISBN: 9781908117069
Format: Hardback, 176 pages
Dimensions: 246mm x 170mm
Publisher: Grub Street
Aust. Release Date: August 2012
Book Description/Synopsis:
Andy Saunders
relates the fascinating story of the recovery of this Battle of France Spitfire
Mk1 from the sands of Calais
during the early 1980s and its subsequent return to the UK for rebuild
and restoration to flying condition. The full history of the airframe from the
factory to loss, the airplane's operational history with 92 Squadron and the
story of the pilots who flew it during its career are also told, as is the
unfolding saga of its restoration and return to air - detailing its progress
through the workshops right up to the first flight in 2011.
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