Stapme: The Biography of Squadron Leader B. G. Stapleton DFC, DFC (Dutch) :: David M. S. Ross soon to be presented for sale on the fabulous BookLovers of Bath web site!
London: Grub Street, 2002, Hardback in dust wrapper.
Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps; Appendices (12);
From the cover: Gerald Stapleton was born in Durban, South Africa in 1920. In January 1939 he took up a short service commission in the RAF and eventually joined 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron in December 1939, prior to becoming one of the outstanding fighter pilots of the Battle of Britain, accounting for nearly twenty enemy aircraft destroyed, probably destroyed or damaged. Indeed all his scores were achieved on Spitfires during this Battle and he was revered as one of Richard Hillarys contemporaries in whose book The Last Enemy, he features.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper.
Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 223 pages. Index. 9½” x 6¼”.
Of course, if you don’t like this one, may I persuade you to have a look at more books within my Military Air Force catalogue?
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