Ace Aces by E C R Baker (37 results)

Condition: good. Fast & Free Shipping â" Good condition with a solid cover and clean pages. Shows normal signs of use such as light wear or a few marks highlighting, but overall a well-maintained copy ready to enjoy. Supplemental items like CDs or access codes may not be included.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Octavo, cream boards (hardcover), white lettering, photo. illus. endpapers, 228 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The nomination of the greatest fighter pilot of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War must always be a matter for argument. So many of the qualities which add up to greatness are not measurable -- courage, leadership, endurance. The only concrete yardstick is the number of confirmed kills, the score of enemy aircraft shot down. It is on the latter account that M T St John Pattle can now be called the top-scoring Allied fighter pilot of World War II. But it is also the abovementioned qualities which have placed 'Pat' Pattle, the boy from Butterworth, in the hall of legends. Yet, after the war Pattle's achievements seemed destined never to be fully recognised -- both because all records in the air campaign in Greece in 1941 were destroyed during the Allied retreat, and because the Greek campaign itself, viewed as an Allied defeat, was never perhaps given the acknowledgment it deserved. E C R Baker has pieced together Pattle's amazing career with authoritative detail; this he has achieved through exhaustive research carried out in co-operation with the surviving pilots and other members of the squadrons with which Pattle fought. 'Pat' Pattle, once the unknown ace, was killed in the bitter fighting over Greece, and the records of his squadron never reached the Air Ministry files. But the author's researches confirm that Pattle had shot down at least forty enemy planes in the nine months of action before he was killed in April 1941. Furthermore, following the original publication of this book, the author was contacted by numerous people who knew, or were with, Pattle, during his career int he RAF, and provided further evidence of Pattle's feats. On the basis of that evidence, Pattle's confirmed kills can unquestionably be placed at between forty-four and sixty-four aircraft shot down. But this is more than a retelling of statistics. Here is the story of an outstanding fighter pilot and a great leader of men, the unknown ace of the Royal Air Force. Pattle was born in the Cape and raised on a lonely farm in Namibia. He discovered early in his life a keen desire within him to fly. He was rejected by the South African Air Force in 1933, but became more determined than ever to achieve his ambition. Pattle left South Africa to join the Royal Air Force before the war and achieved a success out of all proportion to expectations. He did much to help the hard-pressed troops on the ground. On 20 April 1941, a sick man, he led the remnants of his own and another squadron against an armada of over a hundred German aircraft. In the desperate fighting that followed, he shot down at least two enemy aircraft and then dived to the rescue of one of his pilots. The odds were too heavy and seconds later his aircraft, with Pattle slumped over the controls, crashed in the Bay of Eleusis. Aviation, Military History, World War II, Second World War, WWII, Pilot Biography, Military Biography, Military Leadership nslic.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The dust jacket is a little rubbed, small creases and edge worn. The book is complete with all plates as called for. The binding is excellent.[RF29] GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. boards are worn, stained and bumped. book is very damp marked and pages are wavy. very poor copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Reprint . Reprint. First Nel paperback edition October 1973. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed. The bottom of the front edge of the wrap is a little scuffed. There is sporadic foxing on the early and end pages, there is little in the body of the book, the text remains bright and clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. The book is complete with all plates as called for. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ace of aces M St J Pattle. Top scoring Allied Fighter pilot of World War II. A clean and tightly bound book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Black and white photographs. First edition thus. About fine in like dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Some light foxing to top foredge. Dust jcaket has some wear to back cover and top edge. Interior and binding are still very good.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Pat Pattle was perhaps the RAF's leading ace. 189PP. Creased spine. Worn.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Cream boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. Light browning to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel with a few closed tears to top edge. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!