Author | Brickhill, Paul.
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Title | Reach for the sky : the story of Douglas Bader, legless ace of the Battle of Britain / by Paul Brickhill.
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Published | New York b: Norton, c1954.
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Description | 312 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Summary Note | Summary: Biography of an English hero in World War II who lost both legs in an air crash, learned to walk again, and became a fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain. He was captured but managed to escape from the enemy.
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Subjects | Air pilots -- Great Britain -- Biography. Bader, Douglas, 1910-1982. World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
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LC Card Number | 54-10994 |
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| WRHS Research Library: D 786 B849 1954 CA-1903266: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
[Record 70461] |
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