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Floyd Williston
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310 pages
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Through Footless Halls of Air: The Stories of a Few of the Many Who Failed to Return
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Exciting stories of six Atlantic Canada airmen who failed to return from aerial operations during the Second World War, with a foreword by Air Vice-Marshall J.E. “Johnnie” Johnson.
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| Weight | 0.544 kg |
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| Dimensions | 22.6 × 15.2 × 2.5 cm |
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