Gladiator Ace: Bill 'Cherry' Vale, the RAF's Forgotten Fighter Ace

ISBN: 184425657X

Author: Cull, Brian

Condition: New

Brian Culls careful research provides a rare and unique insight into a forgotten RAF fighter ace: Squadron Leader Bill Cherry Vale DFC, AFC (1914-81). Vale was one of the RAFs top ten fighter aces of the Second World War, but surprisingly there is no published biography about him. He fought the Luftwaffe and the Regia Aeronautica in the Western Desert and Greece in 1940, flying antiquated Gloster Gladiator biplane fighters, then in Crete flying Hawker Hurricanes against the Germans, and latterly in Egypt against Vichy French forces in Syria. Vales final score was 30 kills plus three shared.

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