Tom Neil (Books)

Tom Neil Books

This author offers a unique perspective on aerial warfare, grounded in firsthand combat experience. His writing evokes the intense strategic depth of battles fought in the skies. Readers can immerse themselves in vivid accounts of dogfights and tactical maneuvers that shaped pivotal conflicts. His work provides historical insight alongside profound reflections on courage and sacrifice in the face of danger.

Gun Button to Fire

320 pages
12 hours of reading

4.6(19)Add rating

The amazing story of one of the 'Few', fighter ace Tom Neil who shot down 13 enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain. This is a fighter pilot's story of eight memorable months from May to December 1940. When the Germans were blitzing their way across France, Pilot Officer Tom Neil had just received his first posting - to 249 Squadron. Nineteen years old, fresh from training at Montrose on Hawker Audax biplanes he was soon to be pitch forked into the maelstrom of air fighting on which the survival of Britain was to depend. By the end of the year he had shot down 13 enemy aircraft, seen many of his friends killed, injured or burned, and was himself a wary and accomplished fighter pilot.