title: Luftwaffe vs. RAF: Flying Equipment of the Air War, 1939-45 (Schiffer Military/Aviation History)
author:  Mick J. Prodger 
description: <span>Mick Prodger was born in Holyhead, North Wales and grew up in Sussex, on the south coast of England. He moved to the USA in 1981 and currently lives in Texas with his wife Diane. A licensed private pilot and keen aviation history enthusiast, he is a contributor to aviation magazines in addition to having written the highly comprehensive and much acclaimed "Vintage Flying Helmets" published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. A writer and artist by profession, he owns a graphic design firm.</span>
zlib_text: MARK BARBER
  ILLUSTRATED BY GRAHAM TURNER
  RAF FIGHTER 
  COMMAND PILOT
  The Western Front 1939–42
  © Osprey Publishing • www.ospreypublishing.com
  
  WARRIOR • 164
  RAF FIGHTER 
  COMMAND PILOT
  The Western Front 1939–42
  MARK BARBER
  ILLUSTRATED BY GRAHAM TURNER
  Series editor Marcus Cowper
  © Osprey Publishing • www.ospreypublishing.com
  
  CONTENTS
  RAF FIGHTER COMMAND IN THE INTER-WAR PERIOD
  4
  RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING
  9
  EQUIPMENT: FLYING CLOTHING AND UNIFORM
  15
  AIRCRAFT OF FIGHTER COMMAND
  24
  ON CAMPAIGN: CONDITIONS IN THEATRE
  31
  BELIEF AND BELONGING
  42
  EXPERIENCE OF BATTLE: TACTICS OF AIR COMBAT
  47
  MUSEUMS AND SURVIVING AIRCRAFT
  62
  BIBLIOGRAPHY
  63
  INDEX
  64
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  RAF FIGHTER COMMAND IN THE 
  INTER-WAR PERIOD
  When war broke out in 1939, not only was the Royal Air Force (RAF) the
  ‘junior service’ among Britain’s military forces, but military aviation was still
  in its infancy, and the era before manned, powered flight was still well within
  living memory. The RAF ha