SPITFIRE ACES OF NORTHWEST EUROPE.
This book traces the achievements of the pilots flying the iconic Spitfire in Northwest Europe, and examines how the steady technological improvements that were made throughout the Spitfire's service life improved its capabilities in the air. Based at airfields troughout southern England, Merlin engine Spitfires provided the bulk of the cover for the D-Day landings and it was an RCAF Spitfire which claimed the first ever me 262 jet kill.