Isbn: 9781571680464 - spitfire diary: the boys of one-two-seven (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Eakin Press, Austin, TX. 1995. 238 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In its relatively brief (228 pages) , the author covers his time as an RAF Spitfire pilot from July 1944 to May 1945. He's included 16 pages of photos. As a member of 127 Squadron, Smith flew for the 2nd Tactical Air Force so a majority of his missions were air-to-ground sorties and as such, there is very little of the air-to-air action typical of most fighter pilot stories. He was able to gather many primary sources to ensure the accuracy and authenticity of his book: squadron reports, his pilot log book, personal notes from the time, a half-written novel penned a few years later, period letters from friends etc. ; 6.25 X 0.75 X 9.25 inches; 238 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: NF. First edition thus. 238 pages, [16 pages of plates] : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. ; red boards with gilt spine lettering ; dj. 1st American edition. INSCRIBED by Smith on half-title, dated December 1995. E. A. W. (Ted) Smith, already in the Royal Air Force by his eighteenth birthday, served for over five years on more than thirty RAF bases, including bases in South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, England, Scotland, France, Belgium, and Holland. As a fighter-bomber pilot, Smith flew Spitfires in 90 missions, a third of which were bombing attacks. Following the war in 1946, he became one of the world's first jet pilots, flying Gloster Meteors with 74 Squadron. Smith emigrated to the US in 1948, eventually settling in Austin, Texas where he was general manager of Johnson-owned radio station KLBJ. Pinner, Erna (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s). …