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ON LAUGHTER-SILVERED WINGS

by Gail Strever-Morkel

Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st. 2013

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The Story of Lt. Col. E.T. (Ted) Strever DFC (who, in 1942, with his air crew carried out the first mid-air skyjack in history). Thoroughly researched account of the life and times of a South African WW2 pilot, the author's father. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos.

Bump to base of spine and corresponding area of dustwrapper. Else fine.

ISBN: 9781781591048
Stock no. 1825581

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Contents

Acknowledgements
Prologue
Chapter 1 In at the Deep End
Chapter 2 Ignorance is Bliss?
Chapter 3 From Whence He Came
Chapter 4 A Shifting Permanence
Chapter 5 Life Father, Like Son
Chapter 6 Turning Point
Chapter 7 Bucking the System
Chapter 8 Taking Flight
Chapter 9 Cloud Nine
Chapter 10 Taking the Controls
Chapter 11 The Big, Wide World
Chapter 12 Puttin' on the Ritz
Chapter 13 Dive-Bombing and Boyish Pranks
Chapter 14 Where There's a Will, There's a Way!
Chapter 15 Doing the Flying Cha-Cha-Cha
Chapter 16 Thumb Twiddling
Chapter 17 Bombay and Biding Time
Chapter 18 A Flamer, As Fate Would Have It!
Chapter 19 The Soft Touch of Home
Chapter 20 Burma: ' with Speed to the Stars' ?
Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography & Sources
Index

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