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Reach for the Sky (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
Paul Brickhill
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Description for Reach for the Sky (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
Paperback. The bestselling story of Britain's most courageous and most famous flyer, the Second World War hero Sir Douglas Bader. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 326.
The bestselling story of Britain's most courageous and most famous flyer, the Second World War hero Sir Douglas Bader. In 1931, at the age of 21, Douglas Bader was the golden boy of the RAF. Excelling in everything he did he represented the Royal Air Force in aerobatics displays, played rugby for Harlequins, and was tipped to be the next England fly half. But one afternoon in December all his ambitions came to an abrupt end when he crashed his plane doing a particularly difficult and illegal aerobatic trick. His injuries were so bad that surgeons were ... Read more
The bestselling story of Britain's most courageous and most famous flyer, the Second World War hero Sir Douglas Bader. In 1931, at the age of 21, Douglas Bader was the golden boy of the RAF. Excelling in everything he did he represented the Royal Air Force in aerobatics displays, played rugby for Harlequins, and was tipped to be the next England fly half. But one afternoon in December all his ambitions came to an abrupt end when he crashed his plane doing a particularly difficult and illegal aerobatic trick. His injuries were so bad that surgeons were ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Phoenix
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Cassell Military Paperbacks
Condition
New
Weight
322g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780304356744
SKU
V9780304356744
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Paul Brickhill
During the war Paul Brickhill was shot down over German territory and sent to a prisoner of war camp. After the war he wrote about the numerous escape attempts in which he was involved in THE GREAT ESCAPE. REACH FOR THE SKY, and THE DAMBUSTERS RAID are his most famous works.
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