{"product_id":"spitfire-by-john-vader-1972-paperback","title":"Spitfire by John Vader 1972 paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: John Vader\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Pan\/Ballantine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePagination: 160\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: very good, with shelf wear and slight creasing to the cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn illustrated guide to the Supermarine Spitfire, used by the Royal Air Force and Allies in World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Men came from every corner of the free world to fly and fight in Spitfires. Men from countries where freedom had a meaning in their minds. A babel of tongues chattered in her cockpit, and all came to love her for her thoroughbred qualities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday there are only a handful of Spitfires still flying and seldom can be heard that nostalgic whistling call as she arcs across the sky. But occasionally, after all these years, I am privileged to fly in that familiar cockpit again when the song of her Merlin engine brings back a hundred memories of those valiant years.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Air Vice-Marshal 'Johnnie' Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballantine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67668236992811,"sku":"12856","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/1289\/5019\/files\/spitfire-by-john-vader-1972-paperback_12856_main_original.jpg?v=1791228116","url":"https:\/\/militaryhistorybooks.com\/products\/spitfire-by-john-vader-1972-paperback","provider":"Military History Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}