Description: THE FAME OF THE FALCON AND OTHER STORIES Translated by M. AND N. NICHOLAS HUTCHINSON & CO: LONDON No date, circa 1946 First Edition. 19 x 12 cm. 104 pp. HB/DJ This book consists of the life stories of nine famous Soviet air aces—pilots of fighters, stormoviks, and long-range bombers. It describes their home background, education and flying training, and gives a thrilling account of their wartime flying experiences, with special reference to their own particular styles of flying. CONTENTS NATHAN REBAK. The Fame of the Falcon EL-REGISTAN. Two Golden Stars VSEVOLOD VOEVODIN. The Heart of a Stormovik Pilot EVGENY RISS. Dmitry Glinka TUR BROTHERS. Alexey Alelukhin A. PISMENNY. The Road to Perfection G. SEMENIKHIN. Son of the Sky A. SADOVSKY. Fighter Pilot Pokrishev THE FAME OF THE FALCON AND OTHER STORIES Translated by M. AND N. NICHOLAS HUTCHINSON & CO: LONDON No date, circa 1946 First Edition. This book consists of the life stories of nine famous Soviet air aces—pilots of fighters, stormoviks, and long-range bombers. It describes their home background, education and flying training, and gives a thrilling account of their wartime flying experiences, with special reference to their own particular styles of flying. CONTENTS NATHAN REBAK. The Fame of the Falcon EL-REGISTAN. Two Golden Stars VSEVOLOD VOEVODIN. The Heart of a Stormovik Pilot EVGENY RISS. Dmitry Glinka TUR BROTHERS. Alexey Alelukhin A. PISMENNY. The Road to Perfection G. SEMENIKHIN. Son of the Sky A. SADOVSKY. Fighter Pilot Pokrishev 19 x 12 cm. 104 pp. Very good condition, dust jacket faded on the spine and with some loss at the extremities (now in protective cover. Cloth a little marked, stamp of the Douglass Whetton Collection on the front free endpaper and title page, previous owner's address label on front pastedown, otherwise clean and tidy. Scare, especially in dust jacket. Get images that make Supersized seem small. THE simple solution for eBay sellers.
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Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military
Original/Facsimile: Original
Publisher: Hutchinson
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
