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Flights Into the Night : Reminiscences of a World War II RAF Wellington Pilot
Overview
As a young RAF pilot Anthony Leicester's wartime service took him to Canada, the Middle East, India and Burma as well as Europe. He survived a midair collision in Canada, then, at nineteen, as the Captain of a Wellington II, lost an engine over the Atlas mountains during the African campaign and was faced with the agonizing choice of crash landing, bailing out or finding a safe airfield hundreds of miles away in the Sahara Desert. An illuminating insight into the experiences and emotions of wartime RAF service.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780907579687
- ISBN-10: 090757968X
- Publisher: Goodall Publications Ltd
- Publish Date: June 2010
- Dimensions: 8.38 x 5.63 x 0.88 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.88 pounds
- Page Count: 248
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