Author: Burns, Michael G.,
Title: BADER- The Man and His Men.
Description: Cassell, London, 2002, reprint, trade paperback, 322pp, 16pp half tone photo ills. and diagrams, in text maps, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, first an account of Douglas Bader's flying career in the Royal Air Force, joining in 1928 and losing his legs in a flying accident in 1931, his battle with the RAF to allow him back to fly, achieved after the outbreak of WW2 being based at Duxford and Coltishall (12 Group) before moving to 11 Group to command the Tangere Wing, his loss in the Pas de Calais in 1941 spending the rest of the war as a POW; and in the second part records the development of the flying careers of the RAF officers who had been under Bader's command, lightly rubbed at tips, light diag. crease lower cnr. lower wrapper, very good,
Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf fighter pow escape bader colditz
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Title: BADER- The Man and His Men.
Description: Cassell, London, 2002, reprint, trade paperback, 322pp, 16pp half tone photo ills. and diagrams, in text maps, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, first an account of Douglas Bader's flying career in the Royal Air Force, joining in 1928 and losing his legs in a flying accident in 1931, his battle with the RAF to allow him back to fly, achieved after the outbreak of WW2 being based at Duxford and Coltishall (12 Group) before moving to 11 Group to command the Tangere Wing, his loss in the Pas de Calais in 1941 spending the rest of the war as a POW; and in the second part records the development of the flying careers of the RAF officers who had been under Bader's command, lightly rubbed at tips, light diag. crease lower cnr. lower wrapper, very good,
Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf fighter pow escape bader colditz
Price: GBP 7.00 = appr. US$ 10.00 Seller: A Book for all Reasons
- Book number: 36953
- Book number: 36953
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