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Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot A. Smith

Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot By A. Smith

Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot by A. Smith

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Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War; a working class hero and staunch socialist who in the skies above the Western Front combined engineering prowess, tactical initiative, and grim determination to become an inspirational squadron commander.

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Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and Politics by A. Smith

Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War; a working class hero and staunch socialist who in the skies above the Western Front combined engineering prowess, tactical initiative, and grim determination to become an inspirational squadron commander.

Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot Reviews

Adrian Smith has written an excellent book on one of the Great War's most successful fighter pilots. - The Journal of Military History

About A. Smith

Adrian Smith is Professor of Modern History at the University of Southampton, UK. His many publications include a history of the early New Statesman, a portrait of his native city Coventry, a study of the Ministry of Defence, and a biography of Admiral Lord Mountbatten. Like Mick Mannock his formative years were spent in Canterbury.

Table of Contents

Map: Mick Mannock's Western FrontIntroduction to the Second Edition 1. Introduction 2. A Pre-war Education, 1888-1914 3. Preparing for War, 1914-1917 4. 40 Squadron, 1917-1918 5. 74 and 85 Squadrons, 1918 6. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Additional information

NLS9781349418053
9781349418053
1349418056
Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and Politics by A. Smith
A. Smith
Studies in Military and Strategic History
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2001-04-16
211
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