The Sky Suspended: A Fighter Pilot's Story by Bailey, Jim

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2005 * Publisher: Bloomsbury* Binding and cover condition: Soft photo-illustrated card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to corners. No creases to spine or hinge but very slight spine lean. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. No tanning. FINE* Illustrations: One 8pp. block of b/w photos.* Pages: 184 pp. text. ii pp. blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- While studying at Oxford University in the warm summer of 1939, Jim Bailey knew that war with Germany was looming. From a world of books and words, the 19-year-old saw that this was his moment to grasp something more real and, despite his fear of combat, he signed up to train as a pilot for the Royal Air Force and to defend his country. Bailey flew fighters throughout World War II, from the Battle of Britain through Gibraltar and the Anzio beach-head to the landing in the South of France. This engrossing true story of youthful heroism and survival against the odds is a first-hand view of the most thrilling yet harrowing of times.* This is a NEAR FINE copy with minimal shelf wear and a slight lean reducing it to VG+*