The Story Of The Pakistan Air Force. A Saga Of Courage And Honour -

Published by Shaheen Foundation, 1988
Illustrator: A.Q Hijazi.
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good. Binding Condition: very good, unread condition.
Overall Condition: Good to very good.

Dust jacket in good condition. General shelf wear on the edges. Small tear on bottom of and between back flap and back panel. Shelf and handling wear with general signs of previous use. Gift inscription to front endpaper. Otherwise clean, with a tight binding. Boards are slightly worn but corners and edges are still intact.
Pages slightly discoloured. Fly leaves and paste downs discoloured.

The month was August 1947 and amid the chaos and carnage that attended the birth of Pakistan, scattered among the millions of transmigrants on the move, was a select band of men making their determined way to their new homeland. They were select because their destiny had already singled them out to write the opening chapters of a saga of courage and honour that would have non parallel in the evolution of the newborn state. Numbering a little over 2000 in a nation of 75 million, they were to find an institution which would become the pride of the nation.

This is the story of how that band of stalwarts took a handful of worn-out aeroplanes and a skeleton crew of operators to forge a dynamic flying team, and of how they and their descendants transformed this sterling foundation into a powerful 20th century air force. This is also a saga of the courage personified in the deeds of these men during two fierce wars which they fought against monstrous odds to protect the honour of their motherland.

This book is a gem in the history of Pakistan military back ground.

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