SPITFIRE PATROL
The story of New Zealand's Top Scoring Fighter Ace of World War II
Signed by Group Captain Colin Gray DSO DFC
Pictorial bookplate signed and dated by
Group Captain Colin Gray
18 April ’91
Published by Hutchinson. First edition 1990. 166 pages plus photographs
Fine condition hardback book in a Fine condition clipped dustjacket. Clean, tight and bright. A superb copy. There is a colour picture of Colin Gray attached to the front end paper and a copy of his obituary from the Times laid in.
This is the autobiography of Colin Gray, a tough New Zealand fighter ace who fought with 54 Squadron during the Battle of Britain, flew sweeps over France then was posted to North Africa and took part in operations over Tunisia and Sicily before returning to the UK commanding a Spitfire Wing. He was the top scoring NZ fighter Pilot with more than 27 victories.
An excellent copy of an extremely scarce Battle of Britain memoir complete with a nicely signed bookplate.