Spitfires : the American women who flew in the face of danger during World War II
Publication Information
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.
Physical Description
xv, 345 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Summary
The heart-pounding true story of the daring American women who piloted the most dangerous aircraft of World War II through the treacherous skies of Britain.
Contents
- Prologue
- The North Atlantic passage
- A cobra in a hurricane
- Fly anywhere, anytime
- A foreign legion of the air
- The concrete
- Leftover parts
- The impossible turn
- The whole glorious feast
- Behind the façade
- The legendary Spitfire
- Playing chicken with a violent end
- Coming and going
- The fabled mischief of Ratcliffe Hall
- Her heart is involved
- Stepping up to the upper class
- Invitation from a lady
- Dicing with death
- The drumbeat of fatality
- Eyes wide open
- The bomber boys
- The shock of the familiar
- A parachute of faith
- Grounded
- Flying under a lucky star
- Her future at stake
- The world-shaking day
- Good girl
- Eager for the air
- C'est la vie
- Spinning into a new reality
- What now?
- "The Spitfire brought me home"
- On top of the world
- The look
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index.