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The Daily Telegraph Book of Airmen's Obituaries
by Bishop, Edward (written and Compiled by)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1902304993
- ISBN 13
- 9781902304991
- Seller
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Benalla, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Grub Street, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The jacket is lightly rubbed and lightly creasedat the edges, internally the book is immaculate: clean, unmarked and solid.447 pages. "Over the past 15 years Edward Bishop has written the obituaries of countless men and women who have figured in the story of civil and military aviation - numbers of whom he has known personally and 100 of the most interesting of which appear here. Ranging from R.E. Bishop, designer of the de Havilland Mosquito, to Leonard Cheshire VC who flew the "wooden wonder", to Tom Sopwith, the plane-making pioneer, to Sir Frank Whittle, the jet engine pioneer, Bishop's obituaries reflect the glories and setbacks of aviation in peace and war. Amid a host of pilots are Jeffrey Quill, Bob Stanford Tuck, Ginger Lacey, Adolf Galland, Johnnie Johnson, Babe Learoyd (a bomber VC), Freddie West (a 1914-18 VC) and Peter Townsend. Here, too, are Monique Agazarian, an Air Transport Auxiliary pilot who on VE Day flew the length of Piccadilly at low level in a Spitfire, and Constance Babington-Smith whose brilliant interpretation of photo-recce results was a byword. Also featured are lesser-known heroes such as Jimmy Wright, the combat aerial cameraman blinded on active service who was to become a famed "guinea pig" and film producer." (Front flap)
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- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018563
- Title
- The Daily Telegraph Book of Airmen's Obituaries
- Author
- Bishop, Edward (written and Compiled by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1902304993
- ISBN 13
- 9781902304991
- Publisher
- Grub Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Obituaries
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Good Reading Second Hand Books
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Benalla, Victoria
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Good Reading operates from a house, which is all bookshop, and holds approximately 35,000 titles. It is open by appointment only.Benalla is a country town two and a half hours north of Melbourne on both the Hume and the Midland Highway.
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