FLYING COLOURS: THE STORY OF DOUGLAS BADER

Author: Laddie Lucas

Publisher: Granada Publishing

Year published: 1983

Pagination: 381pp ills

Condition: spine creases, page edges browning. Good

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In December 1931 Douglas Bader crashed in a Bristol Bulldog Fighter and lost both legs. The story of his fight back to life, his arguments with authority to regain his flying status. his eventual command of a Hurricane Squadron. When he was brought down over enemy territory he starteed his escape attempts straight away and was eventually sent to Colditz. This book written following many interviews with Douglas Bader is his story and sets the record straight on many of the rumours regarding his fighting tactics abd political wrangling during the Battle of Britain.