Lucky Alex: The Career of Group Captain A.M. Jardine Afc Cd Seaman and Airman Colin Castle Paperback

Email This Item to a Friend Lucky Alex: The Career of Group Captain A.M. Jardine Afc Cd Seaman and Airman Colin Castle Paperback Get other Biography here 'Lucky Alex' is the biography of Group Captain Alex Jardine who was born in Vancouver, lived in Victoria and went to sea at 15, to give his mother fewer mouths to feed. His career included 5 years on Canadian and British merchant ships, 10 years in the RAF - during which he flew Catalinas against Japan out of Singapore and spent years as a POW in Java, and 20 years in the RCAF. His flying went from Tiger Moths to jets. His singular personality makes the story a good one, right to the bitter end, when he loathed being an air attache on the cocktail circuit in Prague. Alex Jardine was different from most career airmen in that he combined a deep seriousness about doing the best possible job at all times with a love of fun and jokes which enabled him to make light of the most desperate assignment. Consequently his story is never dull even when he is flying a desk. He has not a pompus bone in his body. His career is contained enough action for several lifetimes and he found himself ... Regularly: AUD 62.79 On Sale: AUD 55.62 We are closed until Oct 16 2010

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