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Features a wealth of first-hand testimony drawn from pilots who flew the outstanding Hawker Hunter.A highly revered aircraft, the Hunter was retired from service in July 2001. But its legend lives on, with 114 potentially airworthy airframes located in fourteen countries around the world.It was employed in a diverse array of roles, from reconnaissance to ground attack to formation aerobatic performance. All roles are celebrated in this publication.

Tells the story of No.2 Group after it was reformed on 20 March 1936. Packed full of graphic and descriptive first-hand accounts - the author met and interviewed many of the aircrew who feature in this book.

Martin W. Bowman describes the career of the Lightning in detail using first-hand accounts of what it was like to fly and service this thoroughbred. The Men Who Flew the English Electric Lightning is a fine record of the last truly great all-British fighter.