021702 - BATTLE OF BRITAIN COMBAT ARCHIVE Volume 13 plus Battle of Britain Day Supplement (purchase both together for 15% discount)

By Simon W Parry

By Simon W Parry

The Battle of Britain Combat Archive Series forms the most comprehensive account ever of The Few’s gallant efforts. Focusing solely on RAF Fighter Command’s clashes with the Luftwaffe, the series covers every combat that took place on every day of the Battle of Britain. Using contemporary accounts such as combat reports, rarely seen squadron intelligence summaries and the newly released casualty reports, the author and his team of experts have broken down each day into its individual combats and assembled the claims, losses and first-hand accounts into a highly accessible format. These combats are illustrated with specially designed maps showing the amount of aircraft involved, the area that the engagement took place and the location of where the casualties came to earth. Each combat and casualty report is illustrated with a photo of the pilot wherever possible.

Volume Thirteen covers 12-15 September, widely regarded as the climax of the Battle of Britain, with 15 September in-particular being a monumental day when RAF squadrons claimed record amounts of victories over the Luftwaffe. But what really happened, and was this day as significant as it has been portrayed? This volume provides the reader with all of the information needed to make up their own minds in another extended, 144 page edition.

Volume Thirteen contains:

• Over 100 original wartime photos
• 6 combat maps
• 2 Specially commissioned combat scenes by Piotr Forkasiewicz, one of the world’s leading digital aviation artists.
• 144 pages.
• A4 format and printed full colour throughout

BATTLE OF BRITAIN DAY SUPPLEMENT:

When the Publishers came to publish Volume 13 of the BofBCA series, they realised that they simply had too much material to fit into the book for the 15th September. This was the day of course when the RAF claimed 185 victories and these combat reports alone would have filled an entire volume(!), so they decided to print all of this extra material in a supplemental volume for those who would be interested.

As we developed the plans for this supplement, we realised that this would also give us the scope to dig deeper into this famous day of the Battle and find out more about what really happened.

The final 80 page book therefore forms an essential companion volume to Vol 13 of the main series. It includes the following;

• The ‘Legend’ of Battle of Britain Day.‍
• Luftwaffe strength and effort.
• Fighter Command’s tactics
• Göring’s reaction.
• Effect on Unternehmen Seelöwe.
• The Legacy of ‘Over-Claiming’.
• Sorties flown by RAF Pilots.
• Extra Combat Reports.

The centre 46 pages cover each RAF squadron's operational flights on 15 September with pilot/aircraft serial number/aircraft code recorded where possible along with timings and victory claims. It is the first time that this has been published in such detail for any day of the Battle of Britain and really gives the reader an impression of how busy The Few were on this day.