Sunk by Stukas, Survived at Salerno WWII Military Naval History Book

Sunk by Stukas, Survived at Salerno WWII Military Naval History BookCondition: Used Like New Tony McCrum was born in Portsmouth in 1919, the second son of a naval lieutenant and a mother who came from a line of naval officers that stretched back to and beyond Trafalgar. He entered the Naval College at Dartmouth in September 1932 and went on to complete his midshipman's time aboard HMS Royal Oak from 1936 to 1939. In January 1939 he 'shipped' his first stripe to become an Acting Sub Lieutenant and joined HMS Skipjack,

This was an ex West Indies banana boat that had been converted into a Landing Craft Headquarters Ship

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with the MacKenzie Art Gallery and National Gallery of Canada by Douglas & McIntyre in 2007

faint sticker residue on rear cover

Hitler's bombers were flying increasingly desperate missions intended to stem the advance of the Red Army

Light rubbing on covers with some yellowing on page and cover edge

Light soiling on board panels

Published by CANAV Books in 1991

McCrum was ordered home and joined the destroyer HMS Tartar on 15 January 1945 as Staff Signals Officer

Condition: Used - Very Good - Gentle wear on jacket edges

wear on top jacket edge

and there is space too in which to detail John's post-war career behind the Iron Curtain

Top page edge is a bit dusty