Squires Clint (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. nice copy.

1984, 2nd edition. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 56pp. Illus., ports. Signed by Stan Squires.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. B/W Photographs (illustrator). 2nd Edition. The author of these 56 pages of flying memories joined up on 1940. He also flew in the Weyburn area after the war, as evidenced by the b/w photos on page 41 (e.g.). Read more about : Wind Sheer, Jean Fayers, Kidlington, Dahinda Saskatchewan, tug plane. rope ball, Cheetah engines, Hotspur Glider 86, R.A.F., R.C.A.F., and C. F.I. Cond : Paper wrapper is white with black lettering. Cover photo is of a downed Spitfire. Rookie polot. Volume is tight and square with nminor wear at spine tail. An inscription on title page has been blacked out. (( Imean BLACKED out.)) Very good reading copy. Fliers poem laid-in. Quote (p. 39) : " From somewhere enough dust appeared to cause a partial haze inside. A fast down-elevator wasn't even in the same ballpark. That altometer needle unwound as if spring-loaded. I wasn't doing ._._._. . " Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Second Edition. Clinton Howard Squires (1916-1983) was born and raised in Saskatchewan. He joined the R.C.A.F. in 1940, became a pilot and was posted overseas, attached to the R.A.F. as an instructor in aircraft and gliders. In 1945 he returned to Saskatchewan with his English wife Jean. This book recounts some of his WWII experiences. [4], 56 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Cooke (3rd Edn) p.247.; 8vo.