Captain Albert Ball V.C., D.S.O. V.C., D.S.O. (two bars) M.C., Croix de Chevalier, Légion d'Honneur, Russian Order of Saint George
Published by John Hamilton, London, 1933
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Rare Aviation Books, Millers Point, NSW, AustraliaRare Aviation Books
AbeBooks seller since January 24, 2019
Condition: Used
US$ 55.36
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Octavo, black cloth, xxii, 206 pp, an addition of 16 pp. of publisher's advertisements, frontispiece, 12 plates (of 14 listed). Spine ends slightly worn and frayed, lacking two plates, otherwise a good copy. First Hamilton edition. A biography of Captain Albert Ball, a British fighter pilot during the First World War. He first joined the No. 13 Squadron RFC in France flying reconnaissance missions before being posted to the No. 11 Squadron, a fighter unit in May 1916. Ball was posted to No. 56 Squadron, which deployed to the Western Front in April 1917. Albert Ball was killed in May 1917. His death sparked a wave of national mourning and posthumous recognition. He was one of the first aces to become a British national hero and was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Captain Albert Ball V.C., D.S.O. V.C., D.S.O. (two bars) M.C., Croix de Chevalier, Légion d'Honneur, Russian Order of Saint George
- Author
- KIERNAN, R. H.
- Publisher
- John Hamilton, London
- Publication year
- 1933
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- History & Biography, World War I
Rare Aviation Books
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