Lone Wolf : the remarkable story of Britain's greatest nightfighter ace of the Blitz
Saunders, Andy (Aviation historian)2019
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During the Second World War, Flt Lt Richard Stevens led an extraordinary campaign as an RAF nightfighter. Known to contemporaries as Cats Eyes and by the height of his success in July 1941 as the Lone Wolf, Flt Lt Stevens was the RAFs highest scoring nightfighter pilot with fourteen victories. What makes his story unique is that all this was achieved without the aid of radar or another crew member. Instead Flt Lt Stevens used extraordinary skill, instinct and innate marksmanship. Tragically his success was cut short by his untimely death on the night of 15/16 December 1941, three days after his DSO was gazetted. The tributes paid to him after his death demonstrate the impact he had upon night fighting. Andy Saunders is now able to tell the exceptional story of one of Britain's finest night-flying pilots of the Second World War.
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London : Grub Street, 2019.
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192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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9781911621348 (hbk. :)
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940.544941940.544941 SAUB
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English
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1289081
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