A considerable volume of information has been packed into this manual, providing a pilot’s view, a flight engineer’s view and a ground engineer’s view. It is difficult to think of anything that has been missed or any question that even a skilled enthusiast might wish to ask. This is must the definitive work on a unique and iconic aeroplane.
All of his success was achieved in a period of little more than month. He was a star in a star squadron, Polish 303 Squadron. With 17 confirmed victories, he was the Squadron’s top scorer. In perspective, the RAF top scorer of the War achieved 33 confirmed victories over the full period of the War. There are claims that Josef had already achieved 11 kills before joining the RAF but the confusion of the battles he took part in before escaping to Britain make it difficult to confirm or reject those claims.