Going Solo.

DAHL, Roald.

Item Number: 123611

London: Jonathan Cape, 1986.

First edition of Dahl’s autobiography, a continuation of his his autobiography describing his childhood, Boy, detailing his travels in Africa and exploits as a World War II pilot. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Julie Tennent. Author photograph by Sophie Baker.

In Going Solo, Dahl recounts his adventures in Africa and experiences as a squadron pilot in the Royal Air Force, flying the Tiger Moth, Gloster Gladiator, and Hawker Hurricane. Dahl was among the last Allied pilots to withdraw from Greece during the German invasion, taking part in the air for the Battle of Athens on 20 April 1941 and, after the country fell to the Nazis, he went to the Middle East to fight Vichy French pilots after staying for a brief time in Alexandria, Egypt.