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

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Hardback. Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1987: first edition blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine: decorative dust jacket: approximately 5 .5 x 8.75 inches tall: 176 pages including index: black and white photographic illustrations and map. Synopsis: A comprehensive biography of the Wellington Bomber (otherwise known as the Wimpy) in its various forms, compiled by Peter Cooksley from the recollections of Aircraftmen, Wing Commanders, Lieutenant-Generals and Mechanics involved in its flights; with memories spanning from the 1936 birth of Barnes Wallaces invention to the 1950s, and including bombing raids, aerial battles, ditchings in hostile terrains, near misses, tragic losses, post-war activities of famine relief flights and peacetime training exercises; and the all important tasks of maintenance and repair.