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Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader, Legless Ace of the Battle of Britain
by Paul Brickhill
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 1557502226
- ISBN 13
- 9781557502223
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Paperback / softback. New. Douglas Bader was a legend in his lifetime. After losing both legs in an air crash in 1931 and being dismissed as a cripple by the Royal Air Force, he fought his way back into the cockpit of a Spitfire to become one of the great heroes of the Battle of Britain. <br />.This inspiring biography of the famous World War II fighter pilot, first published in 1954, has a following of faithful readers who come back to the book time and again to re-read, share with their children and pass along to friends. Not many books have made such an impact on people's lives. <br /><br />Bader's story is so extraordinary that no one would dare invent it, and Brickhill succeeds in matching the excitement of Bader's war deeds with the triumph of his greater battle over a severe handicap. Told he would never walk without a cane, Bader learned to dance, swim, golf, and play tennis. Told he would never fly again, he became not only one of the RAF's top combat pilots but a squadron leader and innovator of fighter tactics that helped win the Battle of Britain. <br /><br />Among the thrilling incidents chronicled in the book are Bader's first successful encounter with an enemy plane, his own shoot down, and his succession of escapes from German prisons.
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- Title
- Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader, Legless Ace of the Battle of Britain
- Author
- Paul Brickhill
- Format/Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1557502226
- ISBN 13
- 9781557502223
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis
- This edition first published
- 2001-10
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