Parachute exploits pilot

Buy No Parachute - The Exploits of a fighter pilot in The First World War - 1969 for R150.00

No Parachute: A Fighter Pilot IUn World War 1 Author: Arthur Gould Lee   Publisher: The Adventurers Club, London     Edition: Second Edition, 1969 Condition: Good. Wear to cover, edges and corners, foxing of pages, other wise clean with tight binding Binding: Hardcover   Pages: 234. Various black & white photographs         Additional Information From the young airmen who took their frail flying machines high above the tenches of World War 1 and fought their foes in single combat there emerged a renowned company of brilliant aces – among them Ball, Bishop, McCudden, Collishaw, Mannock – whose legendary feats have echoed down down the   last century. But behind the elite there were, in the Royal Flying Corps, many hundreds of other airmen who flew their hazardous daily sorties nin outdated bplanes without achieving fame. “ No Parachute: A Fighter Pilot in World War 1”  is the story of one of these unknown flyers. Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time Please refer to all images for condition, as this form an integral part of the description Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing Item will be posted on the first Saturday following receipt of payment. We are not responsible for damages to or loss of items once posted The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given. Regretfully, no buyers from outside the borders of South Africa

Ref 588 No Parachute by Arthur Gould Lee - A fighter Pilot in World War 1 1968 R120 mkt prc R450 Jarrold's Publishers Hard Cover SBN 09 086590 1 Condition -this is an ex library book with all the usual stamps and stickers: Fly Leaf- good /fair is covered by loose transparent plastic; book cover v good; Inside – library marks & stickers; small ex retailers sticker inside of cvr; a tea/cofffee stain is found on numerous of this books pages; has some foxing size 220mm x 145mm x 30mm weight 590grams 234pages

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This is the thoroughly researched account of the life and times of a South African WW2 pilot, the author's father, Ted. It is highly personal, drawing on family history and changing lifestyles as the central figure fights his way through a series of experiences, flying coastal strike missions in the Mediterranean and North Africa, then in the Far East against the Japanese.  The story gets off to an engrossing operational start before tracking back to the personal family story to provide a context. Images of a lost world haunt pages that relate to an era in which a decisive individual could challenge the system and get results.  As the story of Coastal Command is often overlooked, the exploits recorded here serve as an overdue reminder of the unit and the part it played in the Allied effort.  Ted's wartime exploits include the first mid-air skyjacking in history; the daring solitary attack on the Italian fleet after he had lost the rest of his strike team; narrowly surviving being burned in a horrific air crash in the Ceylon jungle; many emergency crash-landings; and finally as commander of 27 Squadron carrying out dangerous rescue operations behind enemy lines for members of the Indian Resistance Movement operating in the Burmese jungle. These exploits, written largely in the voice of Ted Strever, and extensively illustrated with photographs, come vividly to life. Hardback, 228 pages. Published August 2014    

Brutally honest and devoid of hyperbole, this is Roelf van Heerden's Executive Outcomes. / Unapologetic, unassuming and forthright, the combat exploits of Executive Outcomes (EO) in Angola and Sierra Leone are recounted for the first time by a battlefield commander who was physically on the ground during all their major combat operations. From fighting UNITA for the critical oil installations and diamond fields of Angola to the offensive against the RUF in Sierra Leone to capture the Kono diamond fields and the palace coup which ousted Captain Valentine Strasser, van Heerden was at the forefront. He tells of the tragedy of child soldiers, illegal diamond mining and the curse of government soldiers who turn on their own people; he tells of RUF atrocities, the harrowing attempt to rescue a downed EO pilot and the poignant efforts to recover the remains of EO soldiers killed in action. Coupled with van Heerden's gripping expose', hitherto unpublished photographs, order of battle charts and battle maps offer unprecedented access to the major actions as they took place on the ground during the heydays of EO. HARDBACK: 320 PAGES WITH 100 COLOR & B/W PHOTOS & MAPS Published June 2012  

  Four ball one tracer commanding Executive outcomes in Angola and Sierra Leone - Roelf van Heerden - 2012 - Hard cover with dust cover in very good condition. "Brutally honest and devoid of hyperbole, this is Roelf van Heerden's Executive Outcomes. Unapologetic, unassuming and forthright, the combat exploits of Executive Outcomes (EO) in Angola and Sierra Leone are recounted for the first time by a battlefield commander who was physically on the ground during all their major combat operations. From fighting UNITA for the critical oil installations and diamond fields of Angola to the offensive against the RUF in Sierra Leone to capture the Kono diamond fields and the palace coup which ousted Captain Valentine Strasser, van Heerden was at the forefront. He tells of the tragedy of child soldiers, illegal diamond mining and the curse of government soldiers who turn on their own people; he tells of RUF atrocities, the harrowing attempt to rescue a downed EO pilot and the poignant efforts to recover the remains of EO soldiers killed in action. Coupled with van Heerden's gripping expose', hitherto unpublished photographs, order of battle charts and battle maps offer unprecedented access to the major actions as they took place on the ground during the heydays of EO."--Publisher's website.

  SA Engineers, (worn by 2 Mobile Watch which became 1 Para) beret badge In 1960 fifteen volunteers from the SADF were sent to England at RAF Abington, the majority to train as parachute instructors, some as parachute-packers and one SAAF   pilot in the dropping of paratroopers. These men together with an older unit called 2 Mobile Watch formed the nucleus of 1 Parachute Battalion at Tempe in Bloemfontein   in April 1961.   The Mobile Watch were SA Engineers Corps and the Units were PF and SA's First line defense. They were employed in Engineer tasks. When 2 MW were renamed to 1 Para, only volunteers went over to para, the rest went back to construction. Nice condition but posts shortened as they were Postage SAPO with tracking R70, Postnet R110, will combine Fastway Couriers, anywhere in JHB/PTA or major centres R70 Will post overseas,    Paypal add 10% on total for Paypal fees - Bob Bucks is a better option          

  SA Engineers, (worn by 2 Mobile Watch which became 1 Para) beret badge In 1960 fifteen volunteers from the SADF were sent to England at RAF Abington, the majority to train as parachute instructors, some as parachute-packers and one SAAF   pilot in the dropping of paratroopers. These men together with an older unit called 2 Mobile Watch formed the nucleus of 1 Parachute Battalion at Tempe in Bloemfontein   in April 1961.   The Mobile Watch were SA Engineers Corps and the Units were PF and SA's First line defense. They were employed in Engineer tasks. When 2 MW were renamed to 1 Para, only volunteers went over to para, the rest went back to construction. Nice condition but posts shortened as they were Will combine Will post overseas,    Paypal add 10% on total for Paypal fees - Bob Bucks is a better option