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Title:Brief Glory, The Life of Arthur Rhys Davids DSO, MC and bar
Price:GBP£40.00 (about USD$50.90)
Category:Aviation
Signed:By Author
Item ID:TP01-46276
Quantity:1
Publisher:William Kimber, 1984
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:Very Good
William Kimber, 1984, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, First, Signed by Author

Rhys-Davids gained his first victory on 23 May 1917 and began a steady run of success. Only two days later he gained his fifth air victory and became an ace. It was during the Third Battle of Ypres (July–November 1917) that Rhys-Davids scored the majority of his successes, gaining 22 more victories by the time of his death. On 23 September Rhys-Davids shot down two German aces in the same fight: Carl Menckhoff (39 victories) and Werner Voss (48 victories). Voss was killed in the battle. By 11 October 1917, Rhys-Davids had shot down five more enemy aircraft for an official total of 27 aerial victories – 23 of them individual kills.[1] Rhys-Davids had earned a reputation as a "fighter", and pursued enemy aircraft wherever and whenever he spotted them. On 27 October 1917 he pursued a group of German aircraft over Roeselare, Belgium. He was never seen or heard from again. Post-war analysis suggests Rhys-Davids may have been shot down by German ace Karl Gallwitz. Despite disappearing less than five miles from the crash site of Werner Voss, shot down by Rhys-Davids one month earlier, his remains have never been found. Size: Octavo (standard book size). small tear to endpaper. Category: Aviation; Signed by Author.
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