WHAT THE RAF AIRMAN TOOK TO WAR (SHIRE)

Between July and October 1940, in what became known as the Battle of Britain, a nation held its breath while the RAF battled Hitler's Luftwaffe in the skies above England. In this beautifully illustrated tribute to 'The Few', Bill Howard catalogues the objects which were essential to every wartime pilot, from the superstitious good-luck charm to the parachute on which his life might have depended, and a wealth of other poignant items relating to his day-to-day existence during the air war against the Nazis.