Jump For It! Stories of The Caterpillar Club
by Bowman, Gerald
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1955. A collection of true stories of men who owe their lives to a parachute descent. Gerald Bowman, an ex-Squadron Leader, shows that, while a jump from a doomed aircraft may offer a chance of evading death, it brings its own peculiar terror and danger. A generous list of illustrations provided. The Caterpillar Club, was founded by Leslie Irvin, the designer and original demonstrator of the world's first successful free-type parachute. The first story begins in 1940 with Pilot Officer W.B. Parker, an officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force who made what is probably the most terrifying parachute descent in the history of the war. The book is clean and bright. The illustrated, price-intact dust jacket shows some spine paper loss and back panel soiling but still remains bright.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B2083
- Title
- Jump For It! Stories of The Caterpillar Club
- Author
- Bowman, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Evans Brothers Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- The Caterpillar Club + Parachuting + Second World War + R A F + True Military Stories + Sir Basil Embry + Parachute Tests 1922 + Leslie Irvin + Charles A Lindberg + Parachute Training + NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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