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HOSTILE SKIES: The Falklands Conflict Through the Eyes of a Sea Harrier Pilot.
[Buy it!] | MORGAN DAVID: | USD 12.60
(Fri Jun 7 13:54:06 2024) | Biblio | R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. | UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white and silver lettering; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges with very light ageing /toning but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - a tiny snick to pp27/8's fore-edge with tiny concomitant crease and one dog-ear reading crease to pp295/6 top corners.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.Book has a slight lean.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9- 319pp [paginated] includes photographs list/table,acknowledgements,a prologue,12 chapters and an epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w+colour (the majority) auto+biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp160/61,and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and contents list/table.David Morgan reveals what it is really like to be a jet fighter pilot in this vivid memoir from the Falklands War.In 1982,David Morgan was an RAF officer,on secondment to the Royal Navy,when the Argentine invasion took place.He flew in the first British air strike against the enemy positions around Port Stanley,the raid memorably described by BBC reporter Brian Hanrahan who 'counted them all out,and counted them all back'.But three out of the thirty British pilots were killed later that first week.Morgan was first on the scene at Bluff Cove,where Argentine jets had bombed the landing ships Sir Tristram and Sir Galahad,with great loss of life.He and his wingman pounced on four enemy Skyhawk fighter-bombers: he shot down two,his wingman hit the third.David Morgan was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery.He is credited with downing several helicopters as well as pressing home ground attack missions in the teeth of heavy anti-aircraft fire.After the war,he met an Argentine pilot who had had him in his sights but his guns jammed.David Morgan is also a published poet and his writing style elevates his story above that of most other war memoirs.He includes heartfelt letters he sent back to England to his wife,his young children,and his former mistress.He had confessed to his affair just as the fleet sailed,and writes very movingly of the difficulty in rescuing personal relationships while sent to war the other side of the world. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2006. ISBN 0297846450 9780297846451 [GB] |
