No Parachute. A fighter pilot in World War I Letters written in 1917 by Lieutenant A.S.G. Lee, Sherwood Foresters, attached Royal Flying Corps
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Octavo, original cloth, xxii, 234 pp, frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps. An excellent copy with the dust-jacket. 'No Parachute' is an exciting find, a uniquely authentic collection of letters written by one of these unknowns, a young pilot with the Royal Flying Corps based in France in 1917. Following hot on the event, he recreates breathless dog fights between Sopwith Pup and Albatros, the eerie sensation of flying at hedgerow level, the bitter cold of high altitudes in an open cockpit, the panic of engine failure behind enemy lines...all in all, among the most vivid anecdotes to come out of the First World War. Item #1435
Price (AUD): $70.00