Wartime Aviation Navigation in WWII: Battle of Britain Pilots, POW Stories, and

A fascinating and historic book an air navigators handbook published in 1939 at the beginning of World war two. 
This book was once owned by a British prisoner of war and bears the camp stamp Geprüft 10 Oflag IXA on the inside cover, along with the name of the pilot: Flight Lieutenant Peter Edward Bressey, POW No. 1124.
Flight Lieutenant Peter Edward Bressey (RAF No. 70082) was a British airman during World War II. He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on January 19, 1940, as officially recorded in the London Gazette.
On May 23, 1940, Bressey was serving as a second pilot and RAF liaison officer attached to a Belgian crew. During a mission evacuating aircraft to England in the days leading up to Dunkirk, their plane was shot down near Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais.
After the war, Bressey gave a detailed account of how he became a prisoner of war, describing being shot down by two Bf 109 fighters while flying a Belgian SABENA DC3. You can read the full account here: https://collections.westminster.org.uk/index.php/hoare-john-matthew-hampden-1906-1940
The pilot, Flying Officer Samuel Guy Leslie Pepys, along with two other crew members, were captured. Bressey was also taken prisoner and remained a POW for the duration of the war
 
Details
Format: Hardback 
Pages: 238 
Size: 22 x 16 cm
Published: 1939
Condition: Great for its age, pages are clean and bright inside, bindings tight (See photos) 
 
Wartime Aviation Navigation in WWII: Battle of Britain Pilots, POW Stories, and the Spangenberg History
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