Some Still Live - Softcover

Tinker Jr, F G

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1999654382 ISBN 13: 9781999654382

Publisher: Clapton Press, 2019

Synopsis

Frank G. Tinker was a freelance US pilot who signed up with the Republican forces in Spain because he didn't like Mussolini. He was also attracted by the prospect of adventure and a generous pay cheque. Once over in Spain he took on the bombers and fighter pilots lent to the Fascist rebels by Hitler and Mussolini, who used the Spanish Civil War as a practice ground for the mass bombing of civilian populations. Tinker chalked up the largest number of acknowledged kills with a total of 8 Junkers, Fiats and Messerschmitts. When he returned to the US he was unable to rejoin the Armed Forces and, depressed by Franco's victory, he was found in a hotel room in June 1939 with an empty bottle of whisky and a bullet in his head. This is his account of his experiences in Spain.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clapton Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1999654382
• ISBN 13: 9781999654382
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214