Cundy Ron (5 results)

reprint stiff wrappers As New 8vo. xiv + 154pp., b/w plates, appends., bibliog., index, Author flew with 260 Squadron RAF & 452 Squadron RAAF.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. private library liquidation. Book condition is Near fine. Font cover has a crease. Soft cover. No dj.

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended." Card covers, b&w photos and maps, 154pp. Near fine. Cundy became a fighter pilot during WWII and completed many operational combat missions in the Desert War against some of Germany's highest scoring fighter aces. He flew with 260 Squadron and 452 Squadron RAAF. Includes details of Cundy's citations and list of those pilots from 260 Squadron who were lost in action during Cundy's tour in North Africa.

Card Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None issued. 154 crisp pp with bw pics throughout. post less than 500g. Ron Cundy grew up dirt poor in the depression. He barely wore shoes to school but eventually did well enough thanks partly to his WWI veteran father and mother doing it tough to provide him with a decent education. He first worked for the New South Wales state government in public service but when war came, he was pretty keen to join up. His initial assessment, due to his not so good maths marks, was an "O" for observer, a rating he was pretty distressed with. However, a chance meeting with a colleague, now an RAAF clerk, fixed this with one stroke of a pen - the O became a P.read the book for the rest! review >>> This is a seriously good book, well written with lashings of flying, humour and insight. Size: 21cm. Inscription and Signature of Author. Book.

Loftus: A.M.H.P. 2003. Sm. 8vo. Orig. illust. limp. boards. xiv 154pp. Illust. Author's signed present. copy. Fine.