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NICOLSON VC'
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Author: Peter D Mason
Publisher: Geerings of Ashford
Year published: 1991
Pagination: 164pp, 112 illustrations
Condition: Fine in d/w
The full and authorised biography of Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicolson, the only RAF Battle of Britain fighter Pilot to be awarded the Victoria Cross. During an engagement with the enemy near Southampton on 16th August, 1940, Nicolson's Hurricane was hit by cannon shells, wounding him and setting fire to the aircraft. About to abandon the aircraft, he sighted a German Me 110 fighter which he attacked and shot down. As a result of staying in his burning aircraft Flt. Lt. Nicolson sustained serious burns. With a Foreword by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire.