From the acclaimed author of The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter comes the never-before-told story of the American pilots--idealists, adventurers, and romantics--who joined the Royal Air Force before America entered World War II in order to fight Hitler and Save Britain.
Now, with the narrative drive and human drama that made The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter national bestsellers, Alex Kershaw tells their story for the first time..
These daring Americans were the few among the few.
Winston Churchill once said of all those who fought in the Battle of Britain, Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
By October 1940, they had helped England win the greatest air battle in the history of aviation.
Flying the lethal and elegant Spitfire, they became Knights of the air and with minimal training but plenty of guts, they dueled the skilled and fearsome pilots of Germany\'s Luftwaffe. citizenship to fight side-by-side with England\'s finest pilots in the Summer of 1940-over a year before America entered the war.
The Few tells the dramatic and unforgettable story of eight young Americans who joined Britain\'s Royal Air Force, defying their country\'s neutrality laws and risking their U.
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From the acclaimed author of The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter comes the never-before-told story of the American pilots--idealists, adventurers, and romantics--who joined the Royal Air Force before America entered World War II in order to fight Hitler and Save Britain
