OUGHTON, Frederick and Vernon Smyth.

Ace With One Eye. The Life and Combats of Major Edward Mannock VC, DSO (2 bars), MC (1 bar), Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force.

London: Frederick Muller Limited, (1963),

First Edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 308pp. Frederick Muller Limited, Item #16870

A biography of Mannock who served in Squadron Nos. 40, 74, and 85 and shot down almost 100 enemy planes. He was a complex man, a master of air strategy and the innovator of aggressive formation flying who rebelled against authority and regimentation. Illustrated with photographs. Price-clipped jacket slightly worn.

Price: $55.00