Spitfire in Sweden
Spitfire in Sweden
Click to enlarge
Author(s): Forslund, Mikael
ISBN No.: 9789197767781
Pages: 208
Year: 201703
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 70.28
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Mikael Forslund has over written twenty books and his latest book on Spitfire in Sweden was the 80th anniversary of the first flight of the aircraft type March 5, 1936. The book is structured chronologically and begins with a plane crash by a British Spitfire aircraft in Funäsdalen during the war. In addition, if the attempt to buy the type of aircraft during World War II and a visit to the Spitfire aircraft in Sweden after the war. emphasis of the book is obviously on the purchase of 50 Spitfire Mk. XIX reconnaissance aircraft to F 11 in Nyköping labeled S 31. We can have access to the service in the Air Force for pilots and technical descriptions and failures accompanied with drawings, charts, and color profiles. A recurring theme in the book is killing the myth and the explanation of why the S 31 never had white numbers. In one chapter, we get the story of the acquisition and rehabilitation of the Air Force Museum S 31 Spitfire.


The last part of the book is about the Spitfire airplane Sweden as visited on air days in the 1980s, and of course the story of Biltema Spitfire aircraft. The book contains more than 500 photos including some in color.


To be able to view the table of contents for this publication then please subscribe by clicking the button below...
To be able to view the full description for this publication then please subscribe by clicking the button below...