Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and Politics

About the Author Adrian Smith is Senior Lecturer in Historical Studies, University of Southampton New College. Product Description Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War; a working class hero and staunch socialist who in the skies above the Western Front combined engineering prowess, tactical initiative, and grim determination to become an inspirational squadron commander. Review "Adrian Smith has written an excellent book on one of the Great War's most successful fighter pilots." - The Journal of Military History