chisholm roderick cbe dso dfc (2 Ergebnisse)

1st edn., 222pp, frontis and 18pp half tone photo ills., deep turquoise cloth lettered in gilt at spine, the author began operations with RAF night fighters in 1940 and saw the development of night flying techniques under 'Cat's Eyes' Cunningham, later commanding an operational night fighter development unit and being involved with radio counter-measures for bomber crews against German night fighters, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges and endpapers tanned, four line ink inscr. front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good,

1st edn., 222pp, frontis and 18pp photo ills., deep turquoise cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the author began operations with RAF night fighters in 1940 and saw the development of night flying techniques under 'Cat's Eyes' Cunningham, later commanding an operational night fighter development unit and being involved with radio counter-measures for bomber crews against German night fighters, slightly cocked, a little rubbed at tips, faint creasing to cloth upper bd., edges tanned and sl. foxed, endpapers partially lightly browned, dustwrapper: well rubbed at extrems. with chipping to spine ends (affecting title) and sl loss at cnrs., light soiling, internally repaired, good plus in a poor dustwrapper,