{"product_id":"9781472281999-the-spitfire-kids","title":"The Spitfire Kids","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe generation who built, supported and flew Britain's most beloved fighter\u003cbr\u003eA bestselling BBC World Service \u003cb\u003eten-part series\u003c\/b\u003e and podcast that celebrates the men and women who built and flew the Second World War's most famous fighter plane - the Spitfire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE\u003ci\u003e SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An inspirational read celebrating the incredible young people who gave so much for this iconic British aircraft'. John Nichol, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSpitfire: A Very British Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite the many films and television programmes over the decades since the end of the Second World War that portrays our allied heroes as grown-up men and women, the \u003cb\u003eBattle of Britain\u003c\/b\u003e was in the main actually fought and won by teenagers. The average age of an RAF fighter pilot was just twenty years old. Many of the men and women who designed and built their planes were even younger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on the hit \u003cb\u003eBBC World Service\u003c\/b\u003e podcast \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpitfire: The People's Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, we use contemporary diaries and memoirs, many of them previously unpublished, to tell the story of the \u003cb\u003eSpitfire\u003c\/b\u003e through the voices of the teenagers who risked everything to design, build and fly her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis isn't a story of stiff-upper lips, stoical moustaches and aerial heroics; it's a story of love and loss, a story of young people tested to the very limits of their endurance.  Young people who won a battle that turned a war.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943993127009,"sku":"9781472281999","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39611369_42824d08-c882-4106-89af-a19af2d7d5b3.jpg?v=1769101012","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472281999-the-spitfire-kids","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}