WGFB: Wings Over The Desert: In action with an RFC pilot in Palestine 1916-18

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Book Title:

Wings Over The Desert: In action with an RFC pilot in Palestine 1916-18

Author:

Desmond Seward

ISBN:

1844256723

Category:

Biography

Format:

Hardback

Summary:

The biography of Eric Seward, written by his son Desmond (an author with several historical books about the English middle ages to his name).

Excerpt from the dustjacket:
"The pilot around whom this book revolves survived being shot down (and an epic trek across the desert through the Turkish lines) besides five other major crashes, but his experiences were so traumatic that years later he suffered a total collapse from which he never fully recovered.

Wings over the Desert investigates the relationship between the RFC and T.E. Lawrence, and also the strange code of chivalry that grew up between British and German fliers. Many of its illustrations come from a cache of unpublished photographs, and of negatives that have remained unprinted for over 90 years."

I've only just bought this book and haven't yet read it, so I can't give a legitimate rating on it yet.