Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War; a working class hero and staunch socialist who in the skies above the Western Front combined engineering prowess, tactical initiative, and grim determination to become an inspirational squadron commander.
Tells the exciting story of Britain's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War
Questions the myths and fills in the gaps in Mannock's life
A very accessible book, and engagingly written
A. Smith
40 Squadron 74 Squadron 85 Squadron Britain Canterbury Cork Edward Mannock First World War ILP Independent Labour Party James McCudden Mick'Mannock RAF RFC Royal Flying Corps
"Adrian Smith has written an excellent book on one of the Great War's most successful fighter pilots." - The Journal of Military History