Last of the Ten Fighter Boys: The True Story of Maundy Gregory
Autor Jimmy Corbinen Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 iun 2007
The Ten Fighter Boys were Spitfire pilots of 66 Squadron who flew operationally in the Battle of Britain. Following the original book of the same name published in 1942, sole survivor of the ten, Jimmy Corbin gives his own extraordinary account of his life before, during and since one of the greatest aerial battles ever waged.
Jimmy Corbin flew operationally in the Battle of Britain with 66 Squadron and in North Africa. Fully illustrated with rare photographs from CorbinΣs personal album.
Jimmy Corbin flew operationally in the Battle of Britain with 66 Squadron and in North Africa. Fully illustrated with rare photographs from CorbinΣs personal album.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780750948050
ISBN-10: 0750948051
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 32 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 164 x 239 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Sutton Publishing
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0750948051
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 32 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 164 x 239 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Sutton Publishing
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Jimmy Corbin DFC was a school teacher before the Second World War, but volunteered to train as a pilot when war was declared. He joined a frontline Spitfire squadron in the summer of 1940 and flew operationally in the Battle of Britain. He later instructed at an OTU and was then posted to North Africa where he was again in action as a Spitfire pilot. After the war he resumed his career as a schoolteacher in Maidstone.
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The Ten Fighter Boys were Spitfire pilots of 66 Squadron who flew operationally in the Battle of Britain. Following the original book of the same name published in 1942, sole survivor of the ten, Jimmy Corbin gives his own extraordinary account of his life before, during and since one of the greatest aerial battles ever waged. Jimmy Corbin flew operationally in the Battle of Britain with 66 Squadron and in North Africa. Fully illustrated with rare photographs from CorbinΣs personal album.