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Magennis VC
Stock No 2864
Artist / Author / Creator FLEMING, George
Category Books
Country Published Ireland
Date Published 1998
Description 1st ED. pb. 224pp. 60 b/w photos, 1 illus & 2 maps. vg cond. The story of the only person from Northern Ireland to win the Victoria Cross, the only naval rating with a VC to survive the war and the only person in naval history to exit a submarine in a diving suit, perform a military operation and return to the same submarine. As a crew member of the midgit submarine XE3 commanded by Lt. Fraser, who was also awarded the Victoria Cross, they attacked the Japaneese heavy cruiser Takao on the 31 July 1945 in Singapore harbour.
Price £30.00
All photographs are of the actual book for sale and are not a generic photo. All dust jackets are original, not laser copies.
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