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Book Title: Flying Scot : an Airman's Story
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Item Length: 9in
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books The Limited
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2012
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1940s
Author: Alastair Mackie
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Aviation, Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat, Biography & Autobiography
Topic: Air Force, Aircraft, British Wars, Combat, Europe / Great Britain / General, Memoir, Military, Military / Aviation, Military / World War II, Military History, RAF, True Military Stories, World War II
Subjects: History & Military
Item Width: 6in
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
