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DUNCAN GRINNELL-MILNEDuncan Grinnell-Milne was one of that select band of young men who made history in the air between 1915 and 1918 when they learned to fly in machines that resembled box-kites and laid the foundations of aerial combat which future generations would follow. He became a flying ace, with six confirmed aerial victories, and he spent two years as a prisoner of war before escaping from German captivity to fly and fight again. He took part in the great aerial offensive of 1918 which contributed to the winning of the war. His story of the war in the air is one of the most exciting accounts by a pilot of the Royal Flying Corps - it is also one of the best written and, ninety years after it was first published, it is a classic of its kind. AUTHOR: Captain Duncan Grinnell-Milne MC, DFC and Bar (1896-1973) was born in London and educated at Cheam School and at the University of Freiburg where he became fluent in German. He was commissioned into the infantry in 1914 but later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. After the First World War he served with the Royal Air Force in the Middle East and as test-pilot at Farnborough before being appointed an air attache in Paris. When he retired from the air force in 1926 he worked as an art dealer in New York, as an author and as a broadcaster for the BBC. In 1939 he was recalled by the RAF and served through 1940 and 1941, before rejoining the BBC. In later life he settled in London and became a professional writer. 20 illustrations
