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Consolidating the success of the first volume, the paperback of which is still in print Daily Telegraph obituary writer Jay Iliffe has compiled and edited one hundred additional mini-biographies of outstanding aviators of the last century. Numerous fascinating characters abound, men like John Cat s Eyes Cunningham, night fighter ace and test pilot; Ian Harvey, the BEA pilot who safely landed his airliner after a bomb had exploded onboard; Stanislaw Skalski, Polish Battle of Britain ace; Pierre Clostermann, French fighter ace; the marvellous Bunny Currant; Ray Hanna, leader of the Red Arrows hired by Steven Spielberg to fly in Saving Private Ryan; and Bob Morgan, the American pilot of the Memphis Belle. And steadfast women like Iris Fluff Bower, an RAF nurse who tended wounded soldiers on Normandy beaches; and Felicity Peake, appointed director of the WAAF in 1946 aged just 32. As Philip Ziegler wrote of the first collection: Written with wit, insight, compassion and humour, this is a richly unpredictable medley of colourful personalities.
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Vendeur : MW Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 416 pp., index (Red cloth, white illus.dw., 8½). Subjects: BIOGRAPHY - GENERAL. PROFESSIONS/OCCUPATIONS. ROYAL AIR FORCE - GENERAL:BIOGRAPHIES. Aviation. Biography. Royal Air Force. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 317490
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