Johnny Checketts : The Road to Biggin Hill : A Gripping Story of Courage in the Air and Evasion on the Ground
by Orange, Vincent
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1904943799
- ISBN 13
- 9781904943792
- Seller
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Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Grub Street, 2006. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 192pp. The story of Johnny Checketts, one of the great fighter pilots of World War II, from New Zealand, who was shot down in 1943 but avoided capture and returned to Britain. This amended and updated edition of his story tells of his time in the RNZAF and of his return to Britain through France.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8.75 x 5.75 inches.
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- Bookseller
- Godley Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013736
- Title
- Johnny Checketts : The Road to Biggin Hill : A Gripping Story of Courage in the Air and Evasion on the Ground
- Author
- Orange, Vincent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1904943799
- ISBN 13
- 9781904943792
- Publisher
- Grub Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Second World War, RNZAF, Fighter Pilots,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; Transport - Air; Biography - military;
- Size
- 8.75 x 5.75 inches
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