Maccarron donald (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in a Fine jacket. 1st Printing.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. This is the story of an early pioneer aviator who took to the air just a few years after the Wright Brothers proved that man was capable of controlled powered flight. Corbett Wilson (CW) was the only son of a wealthy family and was educated at Eaton from 1896 to 1899. He was commissioned into the Dorset Regiment and served in the South African War, by the end of which he had transferred to the Royal Artillery and became a Lieutenant in 1908. CW enrolled at the Bleriot Flying School at Pau in southern France and upon gaining his wings purchased a Bleriot XI airplane. Later he flew from Hendon Aerodrome and from there he made the first flight across the Irish Sea. When World War I loomed CW joined the military division of the newly formed Royal Flying Corps and in August 1914 he took off from Dover for France with No. 3 Squadron. It is this point that the vividly written letters sent to his mother give an enthralling insight into the developing war and the early military use of aircraft in battle. He lasted just ten months before being shot down by enemy flack on 15 May 1915.…

171pp. 1st ed., fine in fine D/W.

Condizione: Like New. LIGHTNING FAST SHIPPING! Like New Hardcover. Very minor cover scuffing. Ships Fast.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st edition. Large 4to.192 pages. Lavishly illustrated throughout with maps and endless excellent black and white photographic plates. This is the Story of Allied and German Aircraft which Came Down in Eire in World War Two (no less than 220 of them). A fascinating well researched account. In original attractive pictorial card covers which have faded somewhat at the spine. A scarce item. Near Fine. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.…