Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot
Myth, Life and Politics
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Beschreibung
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
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A. Smith
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Edward Mannock Mick'Mannock First World War Royal Flying Corps RFC RAF Western Front Victoria Cross air war SE5a James McCudden 40 Squadron 74 Squadron 85 Squadron Canterbury
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"Adrian Smith has written an excellent book on one of the Great War's most successful fighter pilots." - The Journal of Military History
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