Dowding of Fighter Command

Orange, Vincent

ISBN 10: 1906502722 / ISBN 13: 9781906502720

Published by Grub Street Publishing, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dowding of Fighter Command
• Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906502722
• ISBN 13: 9781906502720
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1050 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This, quite simply, is the definitive book on the life of the man who prepared the ground for victory in the Battle of Britain. Without him, Britain and the world would have entered a dark age. Making full use of archival sources and information provided by family members, respected historian Professor Vincent Orange has produced a masterful biography of a truly remarkable man.

About the Author

Orange was born in 1935, in Shildon, County Durham and was educated at St. Mary's Grammar School, in Darlington, and at Hull University. Orange served in the Royal Air Force from 1953 to 1956.
In 1962 he went to live in New Zealand and taught History at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch until he retired in 2002. His influence as an air power scholar is well known. His former students include prominent United Kingdom scholars Dr Joel Hayward and Dr Christina Goulter as well as Dr Adam Claasen of Massey University and Dr Andrew Conway of King's College London. Orange is married to Sandra, and has a stepdaughter Sarah.