First Light: A Spitfire pilot's bestselling memoir of the Battle of Britain and WW2: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Light: A Spitfire pilot's bestselling memoir of the Battle of Britain and WW2 audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Andrew Brooke (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
687 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
First Light: A Spitfire pilot's bestselling memoir of the Battle of Britain and WW2 is an audiobook by Geoffrey Wellum: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Andrew Brooke, released May 17, 2018, on the Military (History) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Andrew Brooke
- Released
- May 17, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9780241984031
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First Light: A Spitfire pilot's bestselling memoir of the Battle of Britain and WW2 audiobook?
First Light: A Spitfire pilot's bestselling memoir of the Battle of Britain and WW2 runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the First Light: A Spitfire pilot's bestselling memoir of the Battle of Britain and WW2 audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates First Light: A Spitfire pilot's bestselling memoir of the Battle of Britain and WW2?
First Light: A Spitfire pilot's bestselling memoir of the Battle of Britain and WW2 is narrated by Andrew Brooke.
Is First Light: A Spitfire pilot's bestselling memoir of the Battle of Britain and WW2 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.