PublishedPen And Sword, November 2010 |
ISBN9781848843196 |
FormatSoftcover, 160 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.6cm |
The uncertain fates of Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson and Glenn Miller have fascinated readers and aviation historians ever since they disappeared. Even today, more than half a century after their final flights, what happened to them is still the subject of speculation, conspiracy theory and controversy.
This has prompted Roy Conyers Nesbit to reinvestigate their stories and to write this perceptive, level-headed and gripping study. Using testimony from new witnesses and hitherto undisclosed public records, he seeks to explain why they were reported missing: believed killed . He describes why American aviatrix Amelia Earhart vanished in the Pacific on her round-the-world flight in 1937, what caused the death of Britain' s aviation heroine Amy Johnson over the Thames estuary in 1941, and what really killed band-leader Glenn Miller on his doomed flight to Paris in 1944. And he applies the same expert forensic eye to other tragic aerial mysteries of the period including the flying-boat crash that claimed the life of the Duke of Kent in Scotland in 1942. This classic study, issued here for the first time in paperback, will be fascinating reading for students of aviation history and for anyone who is intrigued by tales of flights into the unknown. AUTHOR: Roy Conyers Nesbit has a long-established reputation as a leading aviations historian. His many books include The Royal Air Force: An Illustrated History From 1918, RAF in Camera, The Battle of Britain, The Battle For Europe, Arctic Airmen, Eyes of the RAF, The Battle of the Atlantic, Ultra Versus U-Boats, Reported Missing and The Battle for Burma. SELLING POINTS New edition of Roy Conyers Nesbit's classic study of great mysteries of the air Reinvestigates the last flights of Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson, Glenn Miller and the Duke of Kent Describes the search for Glenn Miller's aircraft in the British Channel Dismisses fanciful theories about the fate of Amelia Earhart and Amy Johnson ILLUSTRATIONS 70 photos
