The LOOK of EAGLES

Published by Random House, New York.  First edition 1958.

Fine condition hardback book in two tone blue boards with silver gilt titles and a yellow top edge to the text block.  Fine condition unclipped dustjacket.   Clean, tight and bright the book looks good and feels very smart in its protective cover.

John Godfey was the top-scoring fighter ace with the famous 4th Fighter Group with 18 air and 18 ground victories.  He was the friend and wingman of the equally famous Don Gentile.   The press dubbed them ‘The Two-Man Air Force’.  In August 1944, Godfrey was shot down and captured but managed to escape just before the war was over. On return to the USA he became a State Senator but in his early thirties, he was struck down with sclerosis and although he had completed the manuscript, this book was published after his death.

‘The Look of Eagles’ is a frank, vivid account of a dramatically lived, event filled life and is the inspiring story of a courageous man.

This is a very scarce aviation memoir, never published in the UK, and an essential volume for anyone interested in the famous 4th Fighter Group.