Other than the fact that the FW-190 wasn't operational in 1940?
How about the subtitle "the American Knights of the Air"
Is the book about the RAF that Churchill referred to as "the Few" or is it about a handful of American pilots who might have flown in the RAF during the Battle of Britain?
The few tells the dramatic and unforgettable story of eight young Americans who joined Britain's Royal Air Force, defying their country's neutrality laws and risking their U.S. citizenship to fight sideby- side with England's finest pilots in the summer of 1940-over a year before America entered the war. Flying the lethal and elegant Spitfire, they became "knights of the air" and with minimal training but plenty of guts, they dueled the skilled and fearsome pilots of Germany's Luftwaffe. By October 1940, they had helped England win the greatest air battle in the history of aviation. Winston Churchill once said of all those who fought in the Battle of Britain, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." These daring Americans were the few among the "few." Now, with the narrative drive and human drama that made The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter national bestsellers, Alex Kershaw tells their story for the first time.
Eagle Squadron Spitfires were 4 bladed?
Eagle Squadron Spitfires were 4 bladed?
I'm pretty sure the Eagle Squadron existed during BoB, all Spitfires had 3 blades as the time. After the BoB when mk9s arrived I'm sure they did not equip the whole squadron with them right away, so it is possible that a mk5 Spitfire (or earlier version) from the Eagle squadron fought a 190.
The first Eagle Squadron, No. 71, was formed in September 1940 and became operational in February 1941.
Did that model have a counter-clockwise rotating prop (as seen from the cockpit?)
The first Eagle Squadron, No. 71, was formed in September 1940 and became operational in February 1941.
As far as I remember mk IX before operational in 1942, 3 blades would be correct.
Could you possibly make a connection between those posts?
Both the 190 and the Spitfire don't have any guns on that picture. There were reconnaissance versions of Spitfires that were unarmed but I'm pretty sure all 190s had guns.
So is this what you had in mind when you asked "what's wrong with his picture?"
No, it was the Fw 190 on the cover of a book about the Battle of Britain. It was answered in the first response and confirmed in the following one.