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Kittyhawk Pilot: Wing Commander J.F. (Stocky) Edwards
by Edwards, Wing Commander J.F. (Stocky) (signed); Lavigne, J.P.A. Michel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0919899102
- ISBN 13
- 9780919899100
- Seller
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About This Item
Canada: Turner-Warwick Publications Inc.. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919899102 . Signed and inscribed upon half-title page by J.F. 'Stocky' Edwards. "The true story of Canada's top living fighter pilot." - dust jacket. xii, 308, xxiv [black and white photographic plates] pages. Map endpapers. "James Francis Edwards, CM, DFC & Bar, DFM, CD (5 June 1921 – 14 May 2022), later known as Stocky Edwards, was a Canadian fighter pilot during World War II. With 19 confirmed aerial victories, he was Canada's highest scoring ace in the Western Desert Campaign. Born in Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Edwards grew up in Battleford, Saskatchewan. After graduating from St Thomas College in 1940 he volunteered for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)." - Wikipedia. Book very clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A high-quality copy. Cooke (3rd Edn) p.339; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Kittyhawk Pilot: Wing Commander J.F. (Stocky) Edwards - Signed By Both Authors Military Aviation Aviators Pilots Canadian wwII World War 2 Two II Second Libya Battle for North Africa 260 Squadron Hurricanes El Adem 274 Squadron; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Kittyhawk Pilot: Wing Commander J.F. (Stocky) Edwards
- Author
- Edwards, Wing Commander J.F. (Stocky) (signed); Lavigne, J.P.A. Michel
- Illustrator
- Pritchard, Jeff (dust jacket)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0919899102
- ISBN 13
- 9780919899100
- Publisher
- Turner-Warwick Publications Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0919899102, Kittyhawk, Stocky Edwards, J.F. Edwards, Fighter Pilots - Canada, Kittyhawk Squadron, Battle of El Alamein, 260 Squadron, El Adem, WWII - North Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Aviation;
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