{"product_id":"2026100011365-secondhand-reach-for-the-sky-the-story-of-douglas-bader-d-s-o-d-f-c","title":"Reach For The Sky: The Story Of Douglas Bader D.S.O., D.F.C.","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 7th pr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: dj with some moisture damage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew stories of the Second World War burn as brightly as that of Douglas Bader — the RAF fighter ace who lost both legs in a pre-war flying accident, defied every medical and military convention, and returned to the cockpit to become one of Britain's most celebrated and defiant heroes. Paul Brickhill's Reach for the Sky chronicles Bader's extraordinary life with unflinching honesty and pace, from his catastrophic 1931 crash and brutal rehabilitation, through his triumphant return to active service, his leadership of fighter wings during the Battle of Britain, and his capture and repeated escape attempts from German prisoner-of-war camps.\n\nBrickhill, himself a former RAF prisoner of war and the author of The Dam Busters and The Great Escape, brings an authenticity and narrative urgency to this biography that transcends mere hagiography. He presents Bader not as a polished icon, but as a pugnacious, irrepressible, and deeply human figure — a man whose iron will made him as difficult to manage in peace as he was formidable in war. A landmark work of wartime biography, Reach for the Sky stands as a testament to the power of the unconquerable spirit, and a reminder of the extraordinary calibre of those who fought Britain's defining battle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50573323043035,"sku":"2026100011365-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/bae5705f-1af9-4e9f-b828-0432db89bdea.png?v=1791167928","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100011365-secondhand-reach-for-the-sky-the-story-of-douglas-bader-d-s-o-d-f-c","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}