The Daily Telegraph Book of Airmen's Obituaries - Book Two

by Iliff, Jay

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London, United Kingdom: Grub Street, 2007 416 pages - 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.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New.