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SPITFIRE AND MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109 

Devised and illustrated by David Hawcock

Text by Ann Tilbury

Published in 1990 by Simon and Schuster Young Books, this 28 page book is really aimed at getting children interested in a very important period of history and in building two historically significant aeroplanes by cutting and glueing together the marked pieces in this book, which are accompanied by detailed instructions. Ann Tilbury has written 13 pages about World War 2 and how events unfolded around the Battle of Britain, looking in particular at the aircraft and fighter pilots involved in the conflict. The text has only black and white illustrations, but the actual card pages containing the pieces (devised and illustrated by David Hawcock) to cut out for the planes are in colour. Text Contents: The Battle of Britain - The war begins; The rise of Hitler; Germany on the March; The 'Phoney War'; Keeping Watch; Gas!; Getting ready for an invasion; One egg a week; Saving the children; The Real War Begins; The Swastika Reaches the Channel; Dunkerque; Operation Dynamo; A Strange Fleet; An Umbrella of Aircraft; Britain Stands Alone; Sea Lions and Eagles; Threats from under water; Safe for Sea Lion; Bandit Spotting; Radar Station Attack; The Fighter Pilots; Airborne in Five Minutes; Ready and Waiting; Training; 'So much owed by so many to so few'; Short of everything; The Blitz; The Battle of Britain; Dividing Up the Country; The Battle; Bombs on the Palace; The Battle is Won; The War Goes On. Aircraft pages (2): A Secret Air Force; Bf109; Bf 110; Stuka (dive-bomber); A shortage of aircraft; The Defiant; The Hurricane; The Spitfire