Shot Down in Flames: A World War II Fighter Pilot's Remarkable Tale of Survival - Couverture souple

Page, Geoffrey

 
9781902304106: Shot Down in Flames: A World War II Fighter Pilot's Remarkable Tale of Survival
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ISBN 10 : 1902304101 ISBN 13 : 9781902304106
Editeur : Grub Street Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

During the Battle of Britain, Geoffrey Page was shot down into the English Channel, causing him to suffer severe burns. This autobiography tells of his wartime exploits and the effect of his injuries, as well as how he became a founder member of The Guinea Pig Club, a club for badly burnt aircrew.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

On 12 August 1940, during the Battle of Britain, in an engagement with Dornier Do 17s, Geoffrey Page was shot down into the English Channel, suffering severe burns. He spent much of the next two years in hospitals, undergoing plastic surgery, but recovered sufficiently to pursue an extremely distinguished war and post-war career. This eloquently written and critically acclaimed autobiography tells of his wartime exploits in the air and on the ground. He was a founder member of The Guinea Pig Club - formed by badly burnt aircrew - and this is a fascinating account of the club, of the courage and bravery of 'The Few', and of Geoffrey's later life and achievements, most particularly in the creation of The Battle of Britain memorial.

Revue de presse

Quite simply one of the best books I have ever read about the men who fought the war in the air. The few who became the many. It is funny, poignant, larky but always with the ring of appalling truth.A" The Daily Mail For sheer narrative power, it ranks with the best.A" Daily Telegraph Gripping reading...a remarkable tale of survival, but told with great candour and without a trace of self pity. --British Aerospace News

This eloquently written and critically acclaimed autobiography tells of [Page's] wartime exploits in the air and on the ground. --Britain at War

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Éditeur
Grub Street Publishing
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1902304101
ISBN 13 
9781902304106
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781906502966: Shot Down in Flames: A World War II Fighter Pilot's Remarkable Tale of Survival

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ISBN 10 :  190650296X ISBN 13 :  9781906502966
Editeur : Grub Street Publishing, 2011
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