Fighting Pilots.
first edition
1961 · London
by Pringle, Patrick.
London: Evans Brothers Limited, (1961). First Edition. Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 207 pp. Near-Fine, with bookplate and faint foxing (age darkened spotting) to page edges; in a Near-Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. From dust jacket: The history of air warfare is over. It lasted barely thirty years,” says Patrick Pringle. But those thirty years were rich in brave actions, britillian manoeuvres and astounding technical advance. Many of these stories of air warfare during the First and Second World Wars are included in this book which covers all nations, enemies and allies alike. Heroic names fill the pages, Cheshire; Gibson; Micky Martin of Dam Busters fame; Cats’ -Eyes Cunningham; Douglas Bader; Dick Bong, America’s leading ace. Richthofen, the German; Billy Bishop, the Canadian; Eddie Rickenbacker, the American, made history in the days of the First War. Whittle’s development of the jet engine is fully described in conjunction with the Battle of the V-Weapons. There is also a chapter on the Kamikaze -- the extraordinary Suicide Squadrons of the Japanese Air Force. All air-minded boys and many of their fathers will find this an absorbing record. (Inventory #: 71298bd)