Helping Stop Hitler's Luftwaffe records an aviator's experience of radar-interception development and its importance to the Battle of Britain. The memoir's breadth and scarcity give it value despite digressions and uneven prose. MacDonald recalls being removed from a squadron for incompetence before joining No. 23 Squadron, an example of the book's frank tone. He is uncertain whether the Sopwith Snipe had served in the First World War, although a footnote confirms that it had. The recommendation is strongest for readers specifically interested in radar development who are willing to work through those limitations.
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A candid aviator's memoir of radar development
Helping Stop Hitler's Luftwaffe offers a rare personal account of aviators involved in developing radar interception, with uneven prose and recollections that sometimes require checking.