During the Second World War, Flt Lt Richard Stevens led an
extraordinary campaign as an RAF nightfighter. Known to
contemporaries as Cats Eyes and by the height of his success in
July 1941 as the Lone Wolf, Flt Lt Stevens was the RAFs highest
scoring nightfighter pilot with fourteen victories. What makes his
story unique is that all this was achieved without the aid of radar
or another crew member. Instead Flt Lt Stevens used extraordinary
skill, instinct and innate marksmanship. Tragically his success was
cut short by his untimely death on the night of 15/16 December 1941
three days after his DSO was gazetted. The tributes paid to him
after his death demonstrate the impact he had upon night fighting.
Described as one of the greatest nightfighter pilots who ever
fought in Fighter Command by Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of
State for Air and with Air Vice-Marshal B. E. Embry also crediting
his high standard of courage and skill as a nightfighter pilot as a
contribution to the final defeat of the enemy at night it is not
hard to see why Stevens was greatly admired by his peers. Thanks to
over twenty years of painstaking research by Terry Thompson and a
rich resource of documentation and photography, Andy Saunders is
now able to tell the exceptional story of one of Britains finest
night-flying pilots of the Second World War. This extraordinary
biography will be eagerly devoured by military aviation enthusiasts
and students of air warfare and Second World War alike.
General
| Imprint: |
Grub Street Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
November 2019 |
| First published: |
2019 |
| Authors: |
Andy Saunders
|
| Dimensions: |
240 x 170 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
160 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-911621-34-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-911621-34-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781911621348 |
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