Hurricane Combat The Nine Lives of a Fighter Pilot ( Multi Signed Signature Plate)

Mackenkie, Wing Commander K.W.( D.F.C. A.F.C.)

ISBN 10: 0718306333 / ISBN 13: 9780718306335

Published by William Kimber, London, 1987

About this Item

Hardback. Autobiographical account by this Battle of Britain pilot who scored ten full victories during the the year he was with 501 and 247 Squadrons 190pp., ills., index. Some age browning to pages, else very good condition in very good condition. Bookplate headed "Fear Nothing" used for the History of 501 Squadron. Signature in ink of Wing Commander K.W.Mackenzie, Squadron Leader T.G.Pickering and P.R.Hairs MBE, Noted as limited edition but no numbers entered.

Seller Inventory # 029036

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hurricane Combat The Nine Lives of a Fighter Pilot ( Multi Signed Signature Plate)
• Publisher: William Kimber, London
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718306333
• ISBN 13: 9780718306335
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

The Nine Lives of a Fighter Pilot. Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Smallwood, GBE, KCB, DSO, DFC. On many, many days it was hectic, nerve-racking, physically and mentally exhausting, but at the same time exhilarating, and stimulating. No heroics and but little, if any, sentiment . . . a job to be done to the best of our ability. Thus Ken Mackenzie writes of his Battle of Britain days based at Kenley flying Hurricanes with 501 Squadron. From Kenley he went to 247 Squadron at Predannack, flying Hurricane nightfighters. During the course of a year he shot down ten German aircraft, had a half share in four more and damaged a further four. He writes vividly and plainly of his operational experiences, including his encounter with a Messerschmitt in which, having run out of ammunition, he managed to knock off its tail, sending it crashing down. At the end of a year s combat he was shot down at night in the Channel near the French coast and was taken to a POW camp where he again became active, this time by involving himself in escape projects, until being repatriated in 1944 to take up operational instruction duties. After the war he remained in the RAF till 1967. He then went to Africa as deputy commander of the Zambian Air Force, was later in charge of Air Kenya Ltd., and after that an aviation consultant. This is the memoir of a fighter pilot that grips the reader throughout with its unvarnished sincerity.