Men of the Battle of Britain - A Who was Who of the Pilots and Aircrew, British, Commonwealth and Allied, who flew with Royal Air Force Fighter Command July 1r0 to October 31 1940
by Wynn, Kenneth G. [RAF World War 2 Battle of Britain]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0947893156
- ISBN 13
- 9780947893156
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. SIGNED BY 41 PILOTS INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. Publisher's blue boards with silver lettering to the spine. A fine copy in a near fine slightly spine-faded dustwrapper with a faint crease to the bottom edge of the front cover. Signed on the front free end paper (recto and verso) by, inter alia, 41 pilots involved in the Battle of Britain, all having been awarded the Battle of Britain clasp, and whose biographies feature in the book, signatures include, inter alia, Group Captain William Dennis David CBE, DFC & Bar, AFC (1918-2000), Welsh Royal Air Force flying ace credited with 11 aerial victories during the Battle of France, including Bf109's, Ju88 etc, Robert Rutter, Christopher John "Mickey" Mount, Pete Brothers, Jack Rose, John Beazley, Geoffrey Page, Ronnie Hay, John Cunningham, Tom Neal, H. Bird-Wilson, Roy Ford, Jan Kowalski (1916-2000), Norman Hancock, Jim Bailey, John Keatings, etc etc, the signatures conceivably obtained at one of the Battle of Britain Fighter Association reunions, these formerly held annually at RAF Bentley Prior. Larger format study including photographs and biographies of the 2,927 men awarded the Battle of Britain clasp; ISBN: 0 947893 15 6. Scarce with these attributes. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490722249
- Title
- Men of the Battle of Britain - A Who was Who of the Pilots and Aircrew, British, Commonwealth and Allied, who flew with Royal Air Force Fighter Command July 1r0 to October 31 1940
- Author
- Wynn, Kenneth G. [RAF World War 2 Battle of Britain]
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0947893156
- ISBN 13
- 9780947893156
- Publisher
- Gliddon Books
- Place of Publication
- Norwich
- Date Published
- 1989
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
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