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"item_title" : "The Sting of Flight",
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The Sting of Flight
Overview
From Tiger Moths to Hurricanes, Vengeance dive-bombers to Spitfires, the author of this action-packed memoir flew planes of all kinds in the course of the Second World War - and has many entertaining stories to tell along the way. As soon as he was old enough he fulfilled his boyhood ambition of becoming a pilot, and, after initial training in Tiger Moths in what was then Southern Rhodesia, he joined RAF squadrons in India in 1943. It was a life full of adventures, some of them hair-raising - with anything from hornets in the engine to bombs apparently failing to discharge - and all of them are brought to life with an infectious verve and enthusiasm.
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- ISBN-13: 9781844016716
- ISBN-10: 1844016714
- Publisher: New Generation Publishing
- Publish Date: August 2006
- Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.54 pounds
- Page Count: 220
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