Bill Lancaster: The Final Verdict

Bill Lancaster: The Final Verdict by BARKER RALPH


ISBN
9781473855830
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
240
Dimensions
156 x 234mm

Captain 'Bill' Lancaster, pioneer flyer of the twenties and thirties, disappeared on a flight over the Sahara in 1933. It was twenty-nine years before his body was found beside the wrecked plane; a log-book, tied to the wing, contained the calm yet moving record of his wait for death. Bill Lancaster's dramatic end was in keeping with his adventurous and colourful life. His service career established his reputation as a man without fear, and when he left the RAF in 1926 he turned to trailblazing. An attempt to be the first man to fly a light plane to Australia involved him with a top woman flyer, 'Chubbie' Miller and, neglecting their families, the pair flew together for four years until the depression forced Lancaster to leave in search of work How Bill Lancaster made a desperate effort to retrieve his fortunes, how Chubbie fell in love with an American writer, Haden Clarke, while he was away, and how Clarke was shot dead on Lancaster's return, leads up to a full account of one of the most sensational murder trials of the century. A story as exciting as the age it is set in, its unique denouement leaves the reader free to pronounce his own verdict on Bill Lancaster, pioneer flyer and adventurer. AUTHOR: Ralph Barker joined the RAF in 1940 as a radio operator/air gunner and logged 2,000 flying hours before he was demobilised in 1946. He later rejoined the RAF and retired from it in 1961 to write full-time as a journalist on several leading British national newspapers. He has many well-known books to his name as has been widely acclaimed by reviewers. SELLING POINTS: ? The intriguing and complex story of Captain 'Bill' Lancaster, pioneer flyer of the twenties and thirties. ? Expertly researched and pieced together, this is a key text on Lancaster, originally printed in the 1960s and brought back into print by Pen and Sword. ? A tale of romance, record-breaking and murder, set against the backdrop of one of the most intriguing periods of aviation history. 16 pp b/w images
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