Product Description

Consolidating the success of the first volume, the paperback of which is still in print Daily Telegraph obituary writer Jay Iliffe has compiled and edited one hundred additional mini-biographies of outstanding aviators of the last century. Numerous fascinating characters abound, men like John Cat s Eyes Cunningham, night fighter ace and test pilot; Ian Harvey, the BEA pilot who safely landed his airliner after a bomb had exploded onboard; Stanislaw Skalski, Polish Battle of Britain ace; Pierre Clostermann, French fighter ace; the marvellous Bunny Currant; Ray Hanna, leader of the Red Arrows hired by Steven Spielberg to fly in Saving Private Ryan; and Bob Morgan, the American pilot of the Memphis Belle. And steadfast women like Iris Fluff Bower, an RAF nurse who tended wounded soldiers on Normandy beaches; and Felicity Peake, appointed director of the WAAF in 1946 aged just 32. As Philip Ziegler wrote of the first collection: Written with wit, insight, compassion and humour, this is a richly unpredictable medley of colourful personalities.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #147195 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 416 pages

Review
"As Philip Ziegler wrote of the first collection: 'Written with wit, insight, compassion and humour, this is a richly unpredictable medley of colourful personalities.'"