Brian Cull has been writing Second World War aviation history for the past twenty-five years and has in excess of twenty-five titles to his credit, many of which have been highly acclaimed. These include the `Bloody Shambles' series, `Hurricanes over Malta', `Spitfires over Malta', `Twelve Days in May', `Diver! Diver! Diver!', `Gladiator Ace', `Screwball Beurling'; while `Fighters over the Aegean', `First of the Few' and `Blenheims over Greece and Crete' are a series of books for Fonthill Media.

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• Acknowledgements; Preamble-Italy 1940-The Friend of Yesteryear, the Foe of Today; 1 June 1940-Gladiators into Action: First Hurricanes Arrive; 2 More Hurricanes Arrive; 3 The Tragedy of Operation `White'; 4 The Germans Arrive in Sicily; 5 Messerschmitts Supreme; 6 Hurricanes Regain the Advantage; 7 Hurricane Summer; 8 The Return of the Luftwaffe; 9 Against the Odds; 10 Spitfires Join Battle; 11 Hurricane Swan Song; 12 Not Quite the End: Second-Line Duties; Endnotes; Appendix 1 Roll of Honour 1940-42; Appendix 2 Combat Claims & Credits; Appendix 3 Oblt Joachim Muncheberg's 7./JG26 - Scourge of the Hurricanes; Appendix 4 Gladiators; Appendix 5 Hurricanes for Malta; Appendix 6 418 Flight; Appendix 7 The Takoradi Route; Appendix 8 1941-1942 Hurricane Deliveries; Appendix 9 Malta's Hurricanes (Serial Numbers); Appendix 10 The Reconstruction of Hurricane IIA Z3055; Bibliography; Index of Personnel.

Brian Cull has been writing Second World War aviation history for the past twenty-five years and has in excess of twenty-five titles to his credit, many of which have been highly acclaimed. These include the `Bloody Shambles' series, `Hurricanes over Malta', `Spitfires over Malta', `Twelve Days in May', `Diver! Diver! Diver!', `Gladiator Ace', `Screwball Beurling'; while `Fighters over the Aegean', `First of the Few' and `Blenheims over Greece and Crete' are a series of books for Fonthill Media.

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• Acknowledgements; Preamble-Italy 1940-The Friend of Yesteryear, the Foe of Today; 1 June 1940-Gladiators into Action: First Hurricanes Arrive; 2 More Hurricanes Arrive; 3 The Tragedy of Operation `White'; 4 The Germans Arrive in Sicily; 5 Messerschmitts Supreme; 6 Hurricanes Regain the Advantage; 7 Hurricane Summer; 8 The Return of the Luftwaffe; 9 Against the Odds; 10 Spitfires Join Battle; 11 Hurricane Swan Song; 12 Not Quite the End: Second-Line Duties; Endnotes; Appendix 1 Roll of Honour 1940-42; Appendix 2 Combat Claims & Credits; Appendix 3 Oblt Joachim Muncheberg's 7./JG26 - Scourge of the Hurricanes; Appendix 4 Gladiators; Appendix 5 Hurricanes for Malta; Appendix 6 418 Flight; Appendix 7 The Takoradi Route; Appendix 8 1941-1942 Hurricane Deliveries; Appendix 9 Malta's Hurricanes (Serial Numbers); Appendix 10 The Reconstruction of Hurricane IIA Z3055; Bibliography; Index of Personnel.

Brian Cull has been writing Second World War aviation history for the past twenty-five years and has in excess of twenty-five titles to his credit, many of which have been highly acclaimed. These include the `Bloody Shambles' series, `Hurricanes over Malta', `Spitfires over Malta', `Twelve Days in May', `Diver! Diver! Diver!', `Gladiator Ace', `Screwball Beurling'; while `Fighters over the Aegean', `First of the Few' and `Blenheims over Greece and Crete' are a series of books for Fonthill Media.

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• Acknowledgements; Preamble-Italy 1940-The Friend of Yesteryear, the Foe of Today; 1 June 1940-Gladiators into Action: First Hurricanes Arrive; 2 More Hurricanes Arrive; 3 The Tragedy of Operation `White'; 4 The Germans Arrive in Sicily; 5 Messerschmitts Supreme; 6 Hurricanes Regain the Advantage; 7 Hurricane Summer; 8 The Return of the Luftwaffe; 9 Against the Odds; 10 Spitfires Join Battle; 11 Hurricane Swan Song; 12 Not Quite the End: Second-Line Duties; Endnotes; Appendix 1 Roll of Honour 1940-42; Appendix 2 Combat Claims & Credits; Appendix 3 Oblt Joachim Muncheberg's 7./JG26 - Scourge of the Hurricanes; Appendix 4 Gladiators; Appendix 5 Hurricanes for Malta; Appendix 6 418 Flight; Appendix 7 The Takoradi Route; Appendix 8 1941-1942 Hurricane Deliveries; Appendix 9 Malta's Hurricanes (Serial Numbers); Appendix 10 The Reconstruction of Hurricane IIA Z3055; Bibliography; Index of Personnel.