Last of the Ten Fighter Boys

Corbin, Jimmy

Edité par Sutton Publishing, UK, 2007. ISBN 9780750948050.

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Hard cover in protected dust wrapper, xvi/240pp, b&w plates. Light shelf wear; signed by Corbin on title page; fine. In 1940, against the backdrop of the Battle of Britain, 66 Squadron's commanding officer, Squadron Leader Athol Forbes, asked ten of his pilots to record their experiences of flying one of the greatest aerial battles ever waged. "The Ten Fighter Boys", published in 1942, comprised the first-hand accounts of pilot officers and sergeant pilots from all walks of life and among them was Sergeant Jimmy Corbin, who wrote the third chapter of that book. He was 23 - old by pilot standards - and, like the rest of the squadron, based at Biggin Hill, Kent.This book now tells Corbin's whole wartime story. He describes how an ordinary working-class boy from Maidstone was propelled into the thick of action in the skies over Kent during the summer and autumn of 1940, and went on to fly in action over North Africa. He returned to Britain before the end of the war to take up instructor duties.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Last of the Ten Fighter Boys
• Éditeur: Sutton Publishing, UK, 2007. ISBN 9780750948050.
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur