Based on extensive interviews, firsthand accounts, original research, and archive sources Fighting High tells the story of those who took to the skies to oppose the Axis powers during World War Two.World War Two military aviation author Steve Darlow brings together twenty accounts of extreme bravery, heroism and sacrifice. The stories in Fighting High - World War Two - Air Battle Europe, Volume 1, span the entire war, from the early days of defending against the might of the Luftwaffe through to the exercising of Allied air superiority in the latter days of the conflict. Each story is told at a personal level, set within the context of the ferocious European air battle. In totality an exciting, vivid, graphic and moving account of what the airmen went through when they were `Fighting High'.
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Fighting High is attractive and easy to read - and each story/chapter is fascinating. I look forward to volume two. --Britain at War Magazine
. . . a very different and innovative approach to producing a book on a World War Two aircraft subject and its appeal could be wide-reaching . . . --SAM Publications
Steve Darlow is a critically acclaimed military aviation author who has written numerous books detailing the experiences of those who fought during the Second World War.
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Da: Cocksparrow Books, Salisbury, WILTS, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: F/F/F. First Edition, 1st. Imp. HARDBACK "SOLDIERING ON PROMOTIONAL COPY," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st .* Date of Publication: 2009. * Publisher: Fighting High Ltd. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs to edges or corners. FINE.* Jacket condition: Illustrated dust wrapper showing various illustrations and photos of WWII airmen and their families, with dark grey titles to white spine strip. White grey and dark blue titles to face. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to lower bottom edge at rear, none to head or tail of spine. Now in clear un-attached protective cover. FINE. * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. There is a "Computacenter and Netapp" label to the FFEP showing that they were supporters of the "Soldiering On Trust," at the awards on 25th. March 2012 at the Waldorf Astoria. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w & coloured illustrations throughout. * Pages: 123 pp. text. vi pp. acknowledgements, sources, index & blank at rear.* Description: Based on extensive interviews, first-hand accounts, original research, and archive sources Fighting High tells the story of those who took to the skies to oppose the Axis powers during World War Two. World War Two military aviation author Steve Darlow brings together twenty-one accounts of extreme bravery, heroism and sacrifice. The stories in Fighting High - World War Two - Air Battle Europe, Volume 1, span the entire war, from the early days of defending against the might of the Luftwaffe through to the exercising of Allied air superiority in the latter days of the conflict. In totality an exciting, vivid, graphic and moving account of what the airmen went through when they were 'Fighting High'.* A FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. with no visible faults now in a clear un-attached protective dust jacket.*. Codice articolo 10295
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