Pedro The Life and Death of Fighter Ace Osgood Villiers Hanbury DSO, DFC and BAR
London: Grub Street, 2010. Octavo, white cloth hard cover, dust jacket, vii, 168 pp., eight double sided plates. A very fine copy. This is the biography of Fighter Ace Osgood Villiers Hanbury, known affectionately as Pedro. Using primary source evidence, personal testimony and correspondence, this book narrates Pedro's life from his RAF training and combat in the Battle of Britain, to leading the 260 Squadron in the Middle East and his untimely death there at the age of 25. Item #3896
Price (AUD): $60.00
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