Biography & Autobiography Military
Gentleman Air Ace
The Duncan Bell-Irving Story
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1992
- Category
- Military, Aviation, World War I
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550170771
- Publish Date
- Jan 1992
- List Price
- $32.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
At the outbreak of the war, all six of the wealthy Bell-Irving brothers joined up and were sent overseas. Duncan served with the infantry in the trenches in France, befère transferring to the Royal Flying Corps, where he found himself pitted in combat against such notorious German pilots as Immelman and the Red Baron. Wounded, Duncan convalesced in a London hospital run by the aristocratic Lady Ridley.
Enlivened by photographs and excerpts from Duncan's journals and letters, Gentleman Air Ace is a captivating story, and a tribute to a real Canadian hero.
About the author
B>Elizabeth O'Kiely was born in Vancouver in 1923. Before and after a stint as an RCAF (Women's Division) transport driver, she attended McGill University and UBC to earn a Master's Degree in social work. Her father, Duncan Bell-Irving, is the subject of Gentleman Air Ace. She is also the author of Crofton House: The First Ninety Years.