On WINGS of WAR

Andre Deutsch First Edition 1975.  252 pages and well illustrated with photographs

Fine condition hardback book in a Fine condition unclipped dust jacket. Clean, bright, tight and unfaded.  A first class copy in all respects.

This is the autobiography of one of Poland’s most famous fighter aces who fought with the RAF in the Battle of Britain and beyond.

Born in Poland, but preferring to think of himself without nationality – the Africans simply called him ‘Mister Brown’ – Jan Zumbach escaped from Poland to France and then to England where he was a pilot in the famous 303 Squadron during the Battle of Britain, a squadron which he later commanded.

Finishing the war with more than 12 victories he became involved in various risky flying enterprises involving contraband (gold, cigarettes, diamonds and penicillin) before going back to war in Africa where he created the Biafran Air Force and flew many incredible operations in his personal B26 Marauder adorned with sharks teeth.

This book tells an extraordinary story of flying and adventure and is an enjoyable read of a swashbuckling life!   Zumbach lived in France until his death in 1986 and this is a very scarce autobiography of a great fighter ace.