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Some of my favourite parts are from the 1954 book 242 squadron were changing their aeroplanes, becoming the second squadron to get hurricane mark iis, which were faster. Obviously brickhill worked closely with douglas bader while writing his biography. Reach for the sky by paul brickhill, paperback barnes. A very good copy and inscribed and signed by douglas bader onto the ffep. Brickhill s masterpiece tells a tale of heroism without stooping to hero worship. Reach for the sky by paul brickhill 1st edition 1954. After the war he wrote about the numerous escape attempts in which he was involved in the great escape. In january 1941 he enlisted in the royal australian air force and attended training in australia and canada as part of the empire air training scheme. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. The story of douglas bader, legless ace of the battle of britain by paul brickhill. Reach for the sky, and the dambusters raid are his most famous works.
This is an animated book summary video of reach for the sky. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. In 1931, at the age of 21, douglas bader was the golden boy of the raf. Paul brickhill wrote reach for the sky really well. Douglas bader reach for the sky animated book summary. Brickhill, an australian, had flown missions against the germans in tunisia for the royal australian air force when he was shot down in 1943. After losing both legs in an air crash in 1931 and being dismissed as a cripple by the royal air force, he fought his way back into the cockpit of a spitfire to become one of the great heroes of the battle of britain. Reach for the sky book by paul brickhill 4 available. I sent my dogeared copy of reach for the sky to a legless hero who spoke a few years back at convocation here at plymouth state college. About paul brickhill paul brickhill 191691 was born in melbourne, australia, and educated in sydney, after which he became a journalist for the sydney sun.