Main Series #1284. Penguin 1st, published 1958.
'THE BIG SHOW is as close as you'll ever get to fighting for your life from the cockpit of a Spitfire or Typhoon. Perhaps the most viscerally exciting book ever written by a fighter pilot.' Rowland WhitePierre Clostermann DFC was one of the oustanding Allied aces of the Second World War. A Frenchman who flew with the RAF, he survived over 420 operational sorties, shooting down scores of enemy aircraft while friends and comrades lost their lives in the deadly skies above Europe.
Condition grading: Fair. Creases and wear across both covers. Creasing and wear to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Main Series #1284. Penguin 1st, published 1958.
'THE BIG SHOW is as close as you'll ever get to fighting for your life from the cockpit of a Spitfire or Typhoon. Perhaps the most viscerally exciting book ever written by a fighter pilot.' Rowland WhitePierre Clostermann DFC was one of the oustanding Allied aces of the Second World War. A Frenchman who flew with the RAF, he survived over 420 operational sorties, shooting down scores of enemy aircraft while friends and comrades lost their lives in the deadly skies above Europe.
Condition grading: Fair. Creases and wear across both covers. Creasing and wear to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
