Bader's Big Wing Controversy: Duxford 1940

by Dilip Sarkar

Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader remains one of the most famous RAF fighter pilots to date, perhaps even the most famous of all, thanks to Paul Brickhill's best-selling 1950s yarn Reach for the Sky and Dany Angel's box office hit of the same name, starring Kenneth Moore.

Bader, a graduate of the RAF College Cranwell and a professional, career officer, was a gifted sportsman and aerobatic pilot - but headstrong. After a crash that led...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399017152
• ISBN13: 9781399017152
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Air World
• Length: 272 Pages