First Light: The Phenomenal Fighter Pilot Bestseller
Autor Geoffrey Wellumen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 feb 2020
Two months before the outbreak of WWII, seventeen-year-old Geoffrey Wellum becomes a fighter pilot with the RAF . . .
Desperate to get in the air, he makes it through basic training to become the youngest Spitfire pilot in the prestigious 92 Squadron. Thrust into combat almost immediately, Wellum finds himself flying several sorties a day, caught up in terrifying dogfights with German Me 109s.
Over the coming months he and his fellow pilots play a crucial role in the Battle of Britain. But of the friends that take to the air alongside Wellum, many never return.
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'An intimate account . . . rich in detail' James Holland,Wall Street Journal, 'Five Best World War II Memoirs'
'An extraordinarily deeply moving and astonishingly evocative story. Reading it, you feel you are in the Spitfire with him, at 20,000ft, chased by a German Heinkel, with your ammunition gone'Independent
'A brilliantly fresh, achingly written memoir. Thrilling and frightening on virtually every page . . . Wellum takes you into battle with him. A book for all ages and generations, a treasure'Daily Express
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241987841
ISBN-10: 0241987849
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241987849
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Geoffrey
Wellumwas
born
in
Walthamstow,
and
educated
at
Forest
School,
Snaresbrook.
Aged
seventeen,
he
joined
the
RAF
on
a
short-service
commission
in
August
1939
and
served
with
92
Squadron
throughout
the
Battle
of
Britain.
In
March
1942
he
went
to
65
Squadron
at
Debden
as
a
Flight
Commander
and
from
there
to
Malta
later
that
year.
He
led
a
group
of
eight
Spitfires
off
HMS
Furious
to
Luqa
during
Operation
Pedestal.
Returning to England, Wellum became a test pilot on Typhoons at Gloster Aircraft. He later became a gunnery instructor until the end of the war. He stayed in the RAF after 1945, serving in Germany as a staff officer, followed by a four-year tour of duty with 192 Squadron. Wellum left the RAF in 1961 to take up a position with a firm of commodity brokers in the City of London until his retirement to Cornwall. He died in July 2018, aged ninety-six.
Returning to England, Wellum became a test pilot on Typhoons at Gloster Aircraft. He later became a gunnery instructor until the end of the war. He stayed in the RAF after 1945, serving in Germany as a staff officer, followed by a four-year tour of duty with 192 Squadron. Wellum left the RAF in 1961 to take up a position with a firm of commodity brokers in the City of London until his retirement to Cornwall. He died in July 2018, aged ninety-six.
Recenzii
Vivid,
wholly
convincing,
compelling.
One
of
the
best
memoirs
for
years
about
the
experience
of
flying
in
war
It took him 35 years to turn his notebooks into a narrative, and the result is a highly personal account of what it is like to face mortal combat, day and night, and what it does to a man who is barely more than a boy
An intimate account . . . rich in detail
An extraordinarily deeply moving and astonishingly evocative story. Reading it, you feel you are in the Spitfire with him, at 20,000ft, chased by a German Heinkel, with your ammunition gone
A brilliantly fresh, achingly written memoir. Thrilling and frightening on virtually every page . . . Wellum takes you into battle with him. A book for all ages and generations, a treasure
Amazingly fresh and immediate . . . absolutely honest, it is an extraordinarily gripping and powerful story
There have been countless books about the Battle of Britain. But the combination of immediacy - Geoffrey Wellum had jotted down notes in an exercise book at the time - and distance - another 35 years would pass before he expanded his notes into a narrative - gives this account extraordinary depth and resonance . . . First Lightwill rank among the finest of Second World War memoirs
One of the most gripping personal accounts of aerial warfare ever written
Wellum's story is astonishing . . . moving yet startlingly clear-eyed
No other account of flying in the Battle of Britain has been articulated as well as Geoffrey's inFirst Light
It took him 35 years to turn his notebooks into a narrative, and the result is a highly personal account of what it is like to face mortal combat, day and night, and what it does to a man who is barely more than a boy
An intimate account . . . rich in detail
An extraordinarily deeply moving and astonishingly evocative story. Reading it, you feel you are in the Spitfire with him, at 20,000ft, chased by a German Heinkel, with your ammunition gone
A brilliantly fresh, achingly written memoir. Thrilling and frightening on virtually every page . . . Wellum takes you into battle with him. A book for all ages and generations, a treasure
Amazingly fresh and immediate . . . absolutely honest, it is an extraordinarily gripping and powerful story
There have been countless books about the Battle of Britain. But the combination of immediacy - Geoffrey Wellum had jotted down notes in an exercise book at the time - and distance - another 35 years would pass before he expanded his notes into a narrative - gives this account extraordinary depth and resonance . . . First Lightwill rank among the finest of Second World War memoirs
One of the most gripping personal accounts of aerial warfare ever written
Wellum's story is astonishing . . . moving yet startlingly clear-eyed
No other account of flying in the Battle of Britain has been articulated as well as Geoffrey's inFirst Light