Stanford Tuck: Hero of the Battle of Britain

The Life of the Great Fighter Ace

New Paperback Illustrated

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Reassessing the image of Stanford Tuck created by the 1956 biography Fly for Your Life, this study sets RAF publicity against wartime evidence to portray a more complex fighter ace. It follows his rise from RAF service in 1935 to publicised Spitfire and Hurricane pilot, his 1942 capture and Stalag Luft III imprisonment, escape during the Long March, friendship with Adolf Galland and advisory role on the film Battle of Britain.

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