To Scale the Skies: The Story of Group Captain J.C. 'Johnny' Wells DFC & BAR

by Peter Cornwell

With humble beginnings as an RAF apprentice, Johnny Wells progressed to pilot and rose to the higher echelons of command at the Air Ministry. From idyllic pre-war training, he would fly bombers against rebels over Iraq, combat Fw190s over England in the newly introduced and equally dangerous Typhoon; he would undertake hazardous low-level anti-shipping strikes in the English Channel, as well as train-busting sorties over occupied territory at night...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752463535
• ISBN13: 9780752463537
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Spellmount Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"