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Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot
A. Smith
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Description for Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot
Paperback. Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War; a working class hero and staunch socialist who in the skies above the Western Front combined engineering prowess, tactical initiative, and grim determination to become an inspirational squadron commander. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 225 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBJD; HBJD1; HBW; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War; a working class hero and staunch socialist who in the skies above the Western Front combined engineering prowess, tactical initiative, and grim determination to become an inspirational squadron commander.
Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War; a working class hero and staunch socialist who in the skies above the Western Front combined engineering prowess, tactical initiative, and grim determination to become an inspirational squadron commander.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Military and Strategic History
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349418053
SKU
V9781349418053
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About A. Smith
Adrian Smith is Professor of Modern History at the University of Southampton, UK. His many publications include a history of the early New Statesman, a portrait of his native city Coventry, a study of the Ministry of Defence, and a biography of Admiral Lord Mountbatten. Like Mick Mannock his formative years were spent in Canterbury.
Reviews for Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot
"Adrian Smith has written an excellent book on one of the Great War's most successful fighter pilots." - The Journal of Military History