Patrick Bishop WINGS First Edition Signed
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Patrick Bishop WINGS First Edition Signed
First edition first print hardback of WINGS (One Hundred Years of British Aerial Warfare) by Patrick Bishop and published by Atlantic Books in 2012. Signed by Bishop on the title page. Full numberline is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Hatchards 'Signed Copy' bellyband.The book is in fine condition (black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine) with no significant wear. The book is in a fine unclipped dust jacket which also has no wear to speak of. Internally the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears or other inscriptions.
The Royal Air Force is synonymous with its heroic achievements in the summer of 1940, when Winston Churchill's "famous few"the Hurricane and Spitfire pilots of RAF Fighter Commandheld G?ering's Luftwaffe at bay in the Battle of Britain, thereby changing the course of the war. For much of the 20th century, warplanes were fixed in the world's imagination, a symbol of the perils and excitements of the modern era. But within the space of 100 years, military aviation has morphed from the exotic to the mundane. An activity which was charged with dangerthe domain of the daringis now carried out by computers and pilotless drones.
Aviators have always seemed different to soldiers and sailorsmore adventurous, questing and imaginative. Their stories gripped the public and in both wars and air aces dominated each side's propaganda, capturing hearts and dreams. Writing with the verve, passion and the sheer narrative aplomb familiar to many thousands of readers from his bestselling World War II aerial histories, Fighter Boys and Bomber Boys, Patrick Bishop's Wings is a rich and compelling account of military flying from its heroic early days to the present.
402 pages including illustrations, Notes and Index, plus A Note on the Author.
ISBN: 9781848878921
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