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Reach for the Sky

  • Paul Brickhill

3.50

4 ratings

A wonderful Biography of Douglas Bader, RAF pilot and ace of the Battle of Britain. He was extraordinary because both legs had to be amputated after a crash before the start of WWII and his tremendous wartime exploits and lifetime of accomplishments were with 2 artificial legs. I first read this book from my Jr high library and it has been a lifetime favorite I have re-read several times.

Genres

  • World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations, british
  • Bader, douglas, 1910-1982
  • Fighter pilots
  • Military Air pilots
  • Biography
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • British Aerial operations
  • Aerial Military operations
  • British
  • Great Britain. Royal Air Force
  • Great Britain
  • Aerial operations, British
  • Great britain, royal air force
  • Amputees
  • British Aerial operation
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About the author

  • Paul Brickhill

    20. Dezember 1916 - 23. April 1991

    3.70

    10 ratings · 16 works

Editions

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    Fontana Books

    1968

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    Collins

    1962

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    Fontana

    1957

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    Readers Book Club

    1955

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Collins

1966

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    Fontana

    1957

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    Young people's edition.

    Collins

    1957

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    Fontana/Collins

    1969

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    Collins

    1954

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    Large print ed.

    Remploy, Remploy P

    1994

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    Fontana Books

    1964-01-01

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    The Companion Book Club

    1955

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    Collins

    1956

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    Ballantine Books

    1967

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    Collins

    1954

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    Norton

    1954-01-01

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    Companion Book Club

    1955-01-01

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    Collins

    1955-01-01

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    The Companion Book Club

    1955

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    Fontana

    1980-01-01

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    Collins

    1957-01-01

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    Ballantine Books

    September 12, 1969

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    Abridged ed.

    Collins

    1965

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    Ballantine Books

    1967

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    Naval Institute Press

    2001

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    Buccaneer Books

    June 1992

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    Collins

    1954

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    [1st ed.]

    Norton

    1954

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    Collins

    1964

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    Norton

    1954

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    New edition

    Cassell military

    August 3, 2000

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    HarperCollins Publishers Limited

    1970

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    Chivers

    1989

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    Bantam Books

    1978

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    BBC Audiobooks

    October 1991