Marrin's Bookshop

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FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 7 x 10 inches. 192 pp. Bound in original black cloth, gilt, in pictorial dust wrapper, which is chipped at base of spine; otherwise a very good copy. Signed by author on half title, 2010. Illustrated throughout by black and white photographs and facsimiles. Decorated by title page vignette photograph. Records the life of some of the Battle of Britain pilots who were shot down, but who remained missing for decades until diligent research and searches primarily by the author brought identification to them and closure to their families. Andy Saunders has a long involvement with historic aviation, being well known in the aircraft preservation and restoration field.