Mike Edwards joined the RAF in 1986, before working in the former Soviet Union and then flying for British Airways. After discovering a forgotten collection of historic Indian aircraft in 2007, he was appointed Chief Advisor to the IAF Vintage Flight. In 2012 he was awarded an MBE for services to aviation and Anglo-Indian relations. Mike lives 100 paces away from Winston Churchill's grave in Bladon, Oxfordshire, with his wife and two daughters.

Despite their heroics during World War I, the British officers of the Royal Air Force did not believe that Indians were capable of waging war from the air. They were considered inferior, and the fledgling Indian Air Force (IAF) was equipped with outdated machines and forced to operate in impossible working conditions.

Harjinder Singh, a determined orphan, entered this military world in mid-1930s as a lowly sepoy, and yet thanks to his courage, determination and sheer skill, he enjoyed a meteoric rise over three decades of service, becoming one of the leading figures of the IAF - a thrilling career that spanned World War II, Indian independence and the carnage of Partition.

Using an extensive collection of personal diaries, notes and letters with a thread of humour throughout, Spitfire Singh unleashes this untold story - one of mutual respect forged and strengthened across lines of religion, caste, creed and race.