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Douglas Bader Inscribes Reach for the Sky to the Man Who Pulled Him From the 1931 Woodley Wreck That Cost Him His Legs

"Incorrectly called 'Jack' in this book. A man of Sussex & not an 'Aussie'" — Bader corrects his own biographer's mistakes about Jim Crittendon, the pilot who ran across Woodley airfield on December 14, 1931 and pulled him from the Bulldog wreckage, the crash that took both his legs and set in motion the story Reach for the Sky would one day tell

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"Incorrectly called 'Jack' in this book. A man of Sussex & not an 'Aussie'" — Bader corrects his own biographer's mistakes about Jim Crittendon, the pilot who ran across Woodley airfield on December 14, 1931 and pulled him from the Bulldog wreckage, the crash that took both his legs and set in motion the story Reach for the Sky would one day tell

British pilot (1910-1982) who lost both his legs in 1931 but continued to fly in WWII with the use of artificial limbs. Signed book: Reach for the Sky. Fifth impression. London: Collins, July 1954. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 384 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in ink, “To Jim Crittendon, incorrectly called ‘Jack’ in this book. A man of Sussex & not an ‘Aussie,’ from – Douglas Bader 15/3/54.” In very good to fine condition, with a block of light toning to the left side of the signed page, and toning, chipping, and general wear to the dust jacket.

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