In the original dustsheet. Black cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

• F.B.A. provides an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available.

Accounts from Fleet Air Arm (FAA) aircrew are comparatively rare, not least because so few survived. Most died not because of combat, but because flying a biplane from a tiny carrier was inherently dangerous. The author took part in several famous engagements and describes the last hurrah of a dying empire. Give it a go