Publisher's Synopsis
A companion to "Aircraft for the Few: The RAFs fighters and bombers in 1940", which chronicles the struggle for aerial supremacy, this book in contrast features the RAF at the very height of its powers - a mighty fighting machine, bolstered by new aircraft and honed to near perfection by three years of air warfare. It has been researched and written by a respected aviation historian.;It othe most comprehensive coverage published to date of the RAF in 1944, covering the bomber, fighter, photo reconnaissance and transport forces in tremendous detail; Information gathered from squadron, wing and group operational records, as well as many private sources, provides a squadron by squadron, aircraft by aircraft, breakdown of the RAF's operational involvement during the liberation of northern Europe; Operational accounts are complemented by listings recording the fates of individual aircraft;