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First-hand accounts by pilots are vital and often contain useful information that will not be found elsewhere, even if certain perceptions of the moment, in the heat of battle, were sometimes inaccurate.

I'm about half way through Spitfires Over Malta and as you might expect, I took a special interest in Appendix VI which was a nice touch. I had no idea that so many Americans flew Spitfires from Malta in 1942! I managed to land a copy of 249 at War which is not easy to find here. Although I have not counted the total number that served in that unit, I was again surprised to see names of Americans that were previously unknown to me.