Product Description

Using Luftwaffe records, this is an account of the air battle for Northern France and the Low Countries, during 10-21 May 1940. This reconstruction has been achieved by using the pilots' combat reports, squadron Operational Record Books, and interviews and correspondence with those involved.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #989281 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Customer Reviews

A Direct Hit!
Twelve Days in May is a detailed account of the Royal Air Force in the air battle for Northern France during the German blitzkrieg. Other allied air forces activities, where relevant to the developing situation in the RAF's area of operations, are covered, as is the German perspective. But the book is mainly about the Hawker Hurricanes of the British squadrons deployed to France. Within these parameters the work is meticulous, with a day by day presentation of the action, broken down by unit and interspersed with excerpts from the actual flying logs of the period. Details are not glossed over, with individual units; aircraft and pilots identified and tables showing both claimed kills and actual Luftwaffe losses for each day.

Put simply; if you want an unsummarised account of this air campaign then look no further. Twelve Days in May takes thorough research and presents so that it loses no detail but still provides a sense of the fighting as it developed day by day. Both an invaluable reference and a cracking read!