Fascinating wartime memoir
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Fascinating wartime memoir
I thought members of this forum might be interested to know that a retired pilot who lives in Sydney has just published a fascinating memoir of his experience as a Mosquito pilot in WW2.
An inspirational account of survival against the odds.
Full review here: Mosquito Down!
Highly recommended.
An inspirational account of survival against the odds.
Full review here: Mosquito Down!
Highly recommended.
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A simple Google search gives on line book prices ranging from $24.24 to $56.50!!!
Hi Jettronic,
Thanks for your very detailed rebuttal and the evidence you have presented about the truth or otherwise of the claims made in the book.
I for one will now buy the book to find out what has warranted such a short, nasty, bitchy personal attack.
Thanks for your very detailed rebuttal and the evidence you have presented about the truth or otherwise of the claims made in the book.
I for one will now buy the book to find out what has warranted such a short, nasty, bitchy personal attack.
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That amazingly brief book critique by a legend in his own lunch time, should boost books sales of what appears to be an excellent, true tale of heroism and airmanship by one that obviously achieved far more than his critic could ever dream of achieving!
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Aha; the old `slander the subject of the book in order to increase sales ploy!`
[The above said in my best Peter Sellers Inspector Clouseau voice}
[The above said in my best Peter Sellers Inspector Clouseau voice}
Notwithstanding Jettronic's fairly emphatic statement on the matter, this bit alone
not to mention the rest of the précis makes it sound like the bloke and his book should be treated with respect at the very least...
Frank Dell was shot down over Germany in 1944 while flying with the RAF Light Night Striking Force. His account of the years leading up to the mission in which his Mosquito was hit, being thrown through the roof of his spinning and disintegrating aircraft, tumbling through the air and then descending by parachute for about 20 minutes is fascinating and would alone have made an excellent book but his memoir doesn't stop there - far from it!
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Except it was Max in get smart who used that line.
