Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain

Spitfire Pilot chronicles D. M. Crook’s daring battles and losses as Britain’s 609 Squadron defends homeland airspace.

Spitfire Pilot is the exhilarating and moving memoir of D. M. Crook, an airman in the legendary 609 Squadron - one of the most successful RAF units in the Battle of Britain.

Beginning with his fond recollections of his halcyon days in training - acrobatics, night flying and languorous days spent playing sport and nights off visiting Piccadilly Circus - Crook goes on to recoun...