ix 484 pages, indexed, annotate, illustrated with black and white photos. The book is in excellent condition and appears unread. Overseas customers please note the book weighs over a kilo and will attract additional postage. "As a child, Dilip Sarkar was fascinated by the haunting image of an anonymous RAF Spitfire pilot. Taken minutes after landing from a Battle of Britain combat, this was Squadron Leader Brian Lane DFC, the commander of 19 Squadron, based at Fowlmere and author of the stirring first-hand account "Spitfire! The Experiences of a Fighter Pilot", published under the pseudonym B.J. Ellan. Deeply moving was the discovery that in 1942 Brian was reported missing after a futile nuisance raid over the Dutch coast. During the mid-1980s, Dilip began researching the life and times of both Brian Lane and 19 Squadron, forging close friendships with many of the unit's surviving Battle of Britain pilots and support staff. This enabled identification of the wartime censor's blanks regarding people and places in Brian's book, and the publication in 1990 of Dilip's first ever book, "Spitfire Squadron: 19 Squadron at War 1939-41"." (publisher)