249 at Malta : Raf'S Top-Scoring Fighter Squadron
by
Brian Cull
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1781555540
ISBN-13
9781781555545
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Imprint
Fonthill Media Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 22nd, 2016
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
586 grams
Dimensions
16.50 x 24.00 x 2.80 cms
Ksh 4,500.00
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Many otherwise average fighter pilots came of age in the skies of Malta-an area dubbed 'a fighter pilot's paradise'. There was seldom a shortage of targets as the Luftwaffe endeavoured to flatten the defences and destroy the small air force, in which task it failed, but only narrowly. 249 Squadron was at the forefront of the fighting for two years.
By the end of 1941, following its participation in the Battle of Britain, 249 was posted to Malta. Having been informed that its pilots would be required to fly from the deck of an aircraft carrier, intensive practice flights took place with two Hurricanes fitted with long-range tanks, making shortened take-off runs from an airfield runway. And that was that. The following month, having been ferried to Gibraltar, the aircraft were off-loaded on to the 'Ark Royal' and all 20 safely reached Malta. This was the beginning of 249's Mediterranean adventure in the defence of Malta. Spitfires would follow early in 1942 and by the time it moved to a new theatre of operations, 249 had claimed 245 air victories in the skies over Malta, producing many ace pilots such as 'Screwball' Beurling, Laddie Lucas, Johnny Plagis, John Lynch, to name but a few.
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