Wings across the World The Story of the Air Transport Command. Illustrated with official photographs
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1945. Quarto, blue cloth with illustration of an aircraft, illustrated endpapers,176 pp., illustrated with photographs in black and white. A near fine copy in a worn and torn dust jacket. A scarce copy. In 1940, a group of fliers volunteered to ferry American-made airplanes across the Atlantic to England in the face of the dark predictions that such foolhardiness would lead only to frightful losses. Wings across the World discusses the Air Transport Command's organisation and provides an account of the part played by commercial air lines and the early dangerous flights to the Arctic, Africa, India, and the South Pacific. It also brings forth an account of the aerial defense of Alaska as well as the establishment of the Burma Road of the Air and the ATC's contribution in the defeat of the German armies in Africa. Item #3274
Price (AUD): $600.00