Chasing Shadows. A Wartime Biography of Australian Air Ace Squadron Leader Bob Cowper DFC & Bar, Legion of Honour (Fr.)
Adelaide, DPA Publishing, 2007.
Oblong quarto, [viii], 166 pages with numerous illustrations; the publisher's bookmark (specific to this title) is loosely inserted.
Colour-pictorial card covers lightly rubbed at the extremities; a fine copy.
This copy is signed by both Stephen Lewis and Bob Cowper. The citation for Cowper's DFC reads: 'This officer has completed 68 sorties and has displayed great courage and determination. During a sortie in January, 1943, Flying Officer Cowper was compelled to make a forced landing behind the enemy's lines but he displayed great resource in outwitting the enemy and regained our own lines on foot. One night in July, 1943, he engaged a Junkers 88 and caused it to explode. The enemy aircraft disintegrated and a large portion struck and so disabled Flying Officer Cowper's aircraft that he was forced to leave it by parachute. He was later rescued from the sea and rejoined his squadron to resume operational flying. Since then, Flying Officer Cowper has destroyed another Junkers 88' ('Veterans SA' website).
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