Bader�s Big Wing Controversy: Duxford 1940 by Sarkar MBE, Dilip - 1/12/2022 12:00:01 A

Air World, 1/12/2022 12:00:01 A. hardcover. New. 1.1024 in x 9.4094 in x 6.4961 in.

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In Bader's Big Wing Controversy, Dilip Sarkar not only explores the full story of the people and events that led to the creation of the Big Wing' at Duxford, he also fully investigates the part that its men and machines played in the B

Hardback. New. In Bader's Big Wing Controversy, Dilip Sarkar not only explores the full story of the people and events that led to the creation of the Big Wing' at Duxford, he also fully investigates the part that its men and machines played in the Battle of Britain story.

Air World, 2022. Hardcover. New. 291 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches.

Barnsley: Air World, 2021. Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader remains one of the most famous RAF fighter pilots to date, perhaps even the most famous of all, thanks to Paul Brickhill's best-selling 1950s yarn _Reach for the Sky_ and Dany Angel's box office hit of the same name, starring Kenneth Moore. Bader, a graduate of the RAF College Cranwell and a professional, career officer, was a gifted sportsman and aerobatic pilot -but headstrong. After a crash that led to the amputation of both of his legs, the Second World War was this man of action's salvation: passing a flying test, he returned to the RAF, first flying Spitfires with 19 Squadron at Duxford. In due course he was posted to 222 Squadron as a flight commander, seeing action over Dunkirk. Already newsworthy, the swashbuckling, legless, fighter pilot was also a favourite of his Station Commander, Wing Commander A.B. Woody' Woodhall, and, more importantly, his 12 Group Air Officer Commanding, Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory. In short order,… Read More

Air World, 2022. Hardcover. New. 291 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches.