Twenty-One Squadrons

On 16th October 1939, the first enemy aircraft to be shot down over Britain in World War II fell to the Spitfires of 602 (City of Glasgow) and 603 (City of Edinburgh) Auxiliary Squadrons. These were the first fruits borne of an idea embodied in the Air Force Constitution Act, 1917, and developed in Sir Hugh Trenchard's Memorandum of December 1919.
"Twenty-One Squadrons" is the first history of the pre-war Auxiliary Air Force and Special Reserve and the post-war Royal Auxiliary Air Force Squadrons, and it sets out the full story of the magnificent contributions by the 'weekend' squadrons in all operational commands of the RAF and in most theatres of war, from Europe to Burma. The off-duty histories of these unique squadrons are not forgotten either — for they have a special place also in the memories of these volunteer flyers.



by Leslie Hunt
Published by Garnstone Press 1972 1st edition. 431pp illustrated. 16x24 fine, including d/j.




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