- 256 pages
- English
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About this book
This WWII memoir of an NCO Royal Air Force pilot offers a vivid, personal account of wartime life and dangerous operations over Europe.
In 1941, Graham White was passing a Royal Air Force recruiting center and, on the spur of the moment, signed up. As a non-commissioned RAF pilot, he went on to fly long-range night-fighters against the Luftwaffe. White experienced badly designed and dangerous aircraft, such as the Beaufighter with its Merlin engine. But he also flew some of the finest planes ever built, like the "Wooden Wonder" Mosquito.
In this candid memoir, White offers a rare glimpse of what life was really like in that time of international crisis. He pulls no punches as he describes the blinding errors made by officers who conceived impossible operations for young airmen to fly. But he also shares tales of nights out on the town, when crews could relieve the stress of combat.
In 1941, Graham White was passing a Royal Air Force recruiting center and, on the spur of the moment, signed up. As a non-commissioned RAF pilot, he went on to fly long-range night-fighters against the Luftwaffe. White experienced badly designed and dangerous aircraft, such as the Beaufighter with its Merlin engine. But he also flew some of the finest planes ever built, like the "Wooden Wonder" Mosquito.
In this candid memoir, White offers a rare glimpse of what life was really like in that time of international crisis. He pulls no punches as he describes the blinding errors made by officers who conceived impossible operations for young airmen to fly. But he also shares tales of nights out on the town, when crews could relieve the stress of combat.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- CHAPTER ONE - The Way War Broke Out
- CHAPTER TWO - Arsy-Tarsy
- CHAPTER THREE - Moving On
- CHAPTER FOUR - Land of the Free
- CHAPTER FIVE - Coming Home
- CHAPTER SIX - Getting Serious
- CHAPTER SEVEN - Pigs Might Fly!
- CHAPTER EIGHT - Little Snoring
- CHAPTER NINE - ‘What Goes Around Comes Around’
- CHAPTER TEN - ‘Johnno’
- CHAPTER ELEVEN - Twenty-four Hours
- CHAPTER TWELVE - ‘Behind the Wire’
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Anchovy Airways
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Show Me the Way To Go Home
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Shambles
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN - One of Our Aircrews is Missing
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - None But the Brave
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - The End of the Line
- CHAPTER NINETEEN - The Mighty T-Bolt
- CHAPTER TWENTY - Death in the Afternoon
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - Garrison Duty
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - The Great Escape
- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - Hopping Mad
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - A Matter of Conscience
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - Dr Crippen
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - Prang!
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - In Dock
- CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT - The Last Op.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE - Return to the Sky
- CHAPTER THIRTY - Laughter in the Clouds
- CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE - The Mosquito
- Index