Author: ORANGE, VINCENT
Title: Johnny Checketts : The Road to Biggin Hill : A Gripping Story of Courage in the Air and Evasion on the Ground
Description: London, Grub Street. 2006. (ISBN: 1904943799) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 192pp. The story of Johnny Checketts, one of the great fighter pilots of World War II, from New Zealand, who was shot down in 1943 but avoided capture and returned to Britain. This amended and updated edition of his story tells of his time in the RNZAF and of his return to Britain through France. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Second World War, Rnzaf, Fighter Pilots, Transport - Air Biography - Military 1904943799


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