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Book Review of Reach for the Sky: The True Story of Douglas Bader, Legendary Fighter Pilot of WW II

Reach for the Sky: The True Story of Douglas Bader, Legendary Fighter Pilot of WW II
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A friend lent me his copy back in 1990. I enjoyed it so much that I asked him if I could read it again 6 months later. Enjoyed it even more the second time around. Four years later he found a copy (hardback) and sent it to me cross country. I have read it three times since then. Its funny, sad, heroic, stupid, and a bunch of other things. A very good read. He became a British "Ace" with two Aluminum legs, - don't want to say more, else I'll give away the story. If you find this, get it read it, it's worth every last word. I treasure my copy and am careful to whom I lend it to.