Snappers About by David Pritchard. (PC)

On the 15th September, Battle of Britain Day, 1940, Sergeant Pilot Mike Croskell of 213 Squadron flying the C.Os personally coded Hurricane is bounced by a gaggle of Bf109s and Mikes Hurricane is torn apart by Cannon Shells. The injured young pilot is forced to bail out near Maidstone at the dangerously low height of just 200 feet, Luckily for him he landed in a grove of Apple trees and was rescued by an Anti Aircraft Gun crew with just a few cuts and grazes though he has suffered with a bad back ever since.

Collectors postcard - first edition of 90 cards.

Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)