It is 70 years since the wartime story Reach for the Sky hit cinemas. For the British public, the film, a biopic of air ace Douglas Bader, defined an era. For its star, Kenneth More, it defined his ...
Reach for the Sky. (J. Arthur Rank). “Damn!” thought R.A.F. Cadet Douglas Bader (rhymes with ah’d her) as he lay in the smoking wreckage of his tiny biplane and inspected his shattered leg. “I won’t ...
insider.si.edu: Douglas Bader: fight for the sky; the story of the Spitfire and the Hurricane, by Douglas Bader. With special contributions and help from Max Aitken [and others] Photo research ...
Douglas Bader: fight for the sky; the story of the Spitfire and the Hurricane, by Douglas Bader. With special contributions and help from Max Aitken [and others] Photo research by John Moore ...
Douglas Bader: fight for the sky; the story of the Spitfire and the Hurricane, by Douglas Bader. With special contributions and help from Max Aitken [and others] Photo research ...
The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
REACH FOR THE SKY (312 pp.) — Paul Brickhill— Norton ($3.75). The lone Spitfire sped down into a pack of Messerschmitts and knocked down two of them. Then something hit the Spitfire. The pilot turned ...
Most people would consider losing both legs a career-ending catastrophe, especially if that career involved flying fighter planes at 400 miles per hour. Douglas Bader wasn't most people. After a 1931 ...