MIG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko by John Barron (1981 1st MMPB)

MIG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko by John Barron,1981 • Author: John Daniel Barron (1930 –2005) • Illustrations: Historic B&W News Photos • Publisher: Avon Books New York, NY, 1981 The book is factual in every respect and is difficult to put down. MIG Pilot is also a biography of an exceptional man whose intelligence saw through a lifetime of brainwashing. Viktor is not only a first-class pilot, but also a true hero. It begins with Viktor's desperate and harrowing escape flight to freedom in his top-secret MIG-25 Foxbat, then details the life events that led to his courageous decision to "go for broke" and make his live-or-die dash to freedom. 222pp + 4 B&W photo plates bound in. John Daniel Barron (1930 –2005) was an American journalist and investigative writer. His military service was as a naval intelligence officer stationed in Berlin. His profession after the military was an investigative reporter with the Washington Post then Reader’s Digest. Mass market paperback has complete cover with no reading creases in spine, wear at ends of spine taped, plus creases in front & rear cover. Interior is tight, well-handled, and unmarked. • Size: 12mo – over 6¾ - 7¾” tall, 230pp. • Condition: Good Mass Market Paperback – 1st printing -1st Avon paperback edition. Copyright 1980. First Avon Edition printing April, 198l. Printed in U.S.A. ISBN: 0-380-53868-7. LCCN: 79-20611. MSR = US $2.95.