WINGED VICTORY; The Story of Amy Johnson

Grey, E.

Verlag: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1966

Beschreibung

pict. orange cloth, 160 p. [1] p., (2 pp bibliography),small edge tears to d.j, ink sigs inside front cover and on front fly, (1903 - 1941), pioneering English aviatrix. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, Johnson set numerous long-distance records during the 1930s. Johnson flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary where she died during a ferry flight. First women to fly solo from Britain to Australia.Shot down over the Thames Estuary in January 1941 by friendly fire after failing to give correct code to Air Command. She was the first member of the Air Transport Auxillary to die in service. Size: 8 Vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1123632

Bibliografische Details

Titel: WINGED VICTORY; The Story of Amy Johnson

Verlag: Houghton Mifflin, Boston

Erscheinungsdatum: 1966

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: Second Printing,