A Boy Among Bandits
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A Boy Among Bandits
My Dad found this in a SAGA magazine, it's a book by Geoffrey Wellum, one of the youngest Battle of Britain fighter pilots.
http://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/pages...11B1DFC&bhcp=1
Almost makes you feel as if you are in the cockpit with him. Respect, much respect.
RR
http://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/pages...11B1DFC&bhcp=1
Almost makes you feel as if you are in the cockpit with him. Respect, much respect.
RR
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For anyone who hasn't yet read First Light, the book from which that extract is taken, it's a truly awesome read that had a profound effect on everyone I know who's read it. Well worth the money.
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I don't know about the OATCU (what was IOT), but we were lucky to have Geoffery Wellum as a guest speaker at a CFS grad.
What an honour it was to hear him speak so lucidly and openely. Listening to this brave but modest and self-effacing man was almost enough for me to recind my PVR.
However, his advice was to "Follow your gut instincts - you've done your bit, too".
What a guy, what a book!
What an honour it was to hear him speak so lucidly and openely. Listening to this brave but modest and self-effacing man was almost enough for me to recind my PVR.
However, his advice was to "Follow your gut instincts - you've done your bit, too".
What a guy, what a book!
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My top top three WWII allied aviation titles would be First Light, Paul Richey's Fighter Pilot, and Pierre Clostermann's Big Show, if you're after a few other ideas to get up to the free postage marker on Amazon!
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Would agree with all the above recs on First Light. Another good read (recommended by a previous PPRUNE thread) is Winged Victory. Its a WW I yarn, but epic nonetheless.
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I have just enjoyed David Fiddimore's novel Tuesday's War, about a Lancaster crew in WWII. It contains the following memorable sentiment:
'Nothing is lovelier than the woman you desire, walking towards you, carrying your beer.'
It shows that he knows much about aviators.
'Nothing is lovelier than the woman you desire, walking towards you, carrying your beer.'
It shows that he knows much about aviators.
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i've got an original copy of fighter pilot, from 1941. i picked it up at a jumble sale as kid for about 5p. it was only a couple of years ago i found out the authors name, and that he'd been killed later in the war. its a cracking read, and heartily recommend it.
