WITH the WIND in my FACE

Signed on the frontispiece photograph by

Wing Commander Jan Falkowski 

+ inscribed on the preface page
‘To Margo, my student pilot
Jan
July 23 1966′

Canada Yearbook Services Ltd. First edition 1965.  166 pages and well illustrated with photographs.

Fine condition hardback book with blue pictorial covers. Near Fine condition dustjacket with a little edgewear. The dustjacket is extremely rare to find on this book. Overall a lovely copy, clean and fresh.

Jan Falkowski was an experienced fighter pilot in the Polish Air Force and when Hitler invaded, he escaped to Britain and flew with 32 Squadron during the Battle of Britain.  In 1941, he moved to 315 Polish Squadron, shooting down one of the first Focke Wulf 190s and later took command of the famous 303 Squadron.  He was the Peterhead Wing Leader and late in the war was captured and then escaped after being shot down on a sweep over Europe.  After the war he emigrated to Canada where he farmed and ran a flying school. He passed away in 2003.

An excellent and scarce signed Battle of Britain autobiography. The hardback edition complete with dustjacket is a rare volume, especially in this condition.