Ian Mackersey

Ian Mackersey (14 October 1925 – 28 April 2015) was a New Zealand documentarian and author, who specialised in aviation history.[1]

Ian Mackersey
Born
Ian Mackersay

(1925-04-14)14 April 1925
Died28 April 2015(2015-04-28) (aged 90)
Auckland

Biography

Mackersey's professional career began in New Zealand where he worked as newspaper reporter.[2] He then worked in London, UK, before spending time in Hong Kong, and Rhodesia, before returning to London. In 1983 Mackersey returned to New Zealand, settling in Auckland, and worked to produce television documentaries and to write biographies.[2] He had published biographies on Tom Holt, Jean Batten, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, and on the Wright brothers.

Publications

Non-fiction
  • — (1954). Rescue Below Zero. London, UK: Robert Hale.
  • — (1956). Into the Silk: True Stories of the Caterpillar Club. London, UK: Robert Hale.
  • — (1985). Tom Rolt and the Cressy years. London, UK: M & M Baldwin. ISBN 0947712011.
  • — (1991). Jean Batten : the Garbo of the skies. London, UK: Macdonald. ISBN 0356195732.
  • — (2003). Smithy : the life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. London, UK: Warner Books. ISBN 0751526568.
  • — (2003). The Wright brothers : the remarkable story of the aviation pioneers who changed the world. ISBN 0751533688. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • — (2012). No empty chairs: the short and heroic lives of the young aviators who fought and died in the First World War. London, UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 9780297859949.

Fiction
  • — (1955). Crusader Fox King. London, UK: Robert Hale.
  • — (1974). Long night's journey. London, UK: Robert Hale. ISBN 070914346X.

References
  1. "Ian MACKERSEY Obituary". The New Zealand Herald. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. "Ian Mackersey". Sapere Books. Retrieved 11 June 2023.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.