Ginger Lacey: Fighter Pilot - Couverture souple

Bickers, Richard Townshend

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1910500275 ISBN 13 : 9781910500279

Editeur : Uniform Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Squadron Leader James Harry "Ginger" Lacey DFM & Bar (1 February 1917 - 30 May 1989) was one of the top scoring Royal Air Force fighter pilots of the Second World War and was the second highest scoring British RAF fighter pilot of the Battle of Britain, credited with 28 enemy aircraft destroyed,five probables and nine damaged.Written in a style which gives a great insight, not only into Lacey's life but the character of those who fought the battle and beyond, Bickers' brings home the reality that was faced by the young men of the RAF and provides some idea of what made a successful fighter pilot. During the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain, Lacey had been shot down or forced to land due to combat no less than nine times.

Biographie de l'auteur

RLT Bickers has written more books about the RAF and its predecessor, the RFC, than any other author past or present - His short stories and newspaper articles were first published and broadcast while he was a serving RAF officer, a career he held for eighteen years. The biography of his friend "Ginger"Lacey, was first published to acclaim in 1962.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Uniform Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1910500275
• ISBN 13: 9781910500279
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240