Spitfires Over Malta: The Epic Air Battles of 1942
- ISBN-10
- 1904943306
- ISBN-13
- 9781904943303
- Category
- Spitfire (Fighter plane)
- Pages
- 402
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Authors
- Brian Cull, Frederick R. Galea
Description
Brian Cull's book tells the story of the RAF's gallant stand in 1942 to hold Malta against all odds in the face of the combined might of the German Luftwaffe and Italy's Regia Aeronautica.
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