Fülszöveg
'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'
'Vivid, wholly convincing, compelling. One of the best
memoirs for years about the experience of flying in war5
Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph
Two months before the outbreak of WWII, seventeen-vear-okl Geoffrey
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Wellum leaves school to become a fighter pilot with the RAF, Bursting with
youthful energy and enthusiasm, 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.
Published for the first time more than fifty...
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Fülszöveg
'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'
'Vivid, wholly convincing, compelling. One of the best
memoirs for years about the experience of flying in war5
Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph
Two months before the outbreak of WWII, seventeen-vear-okl Geoffrey
7 j »
Wellum leaves school to become a fighter pilot with the RAF, Bursting with
youthful energy and enthusiasm, 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.
Published for the first time more than fifty years after the war, First Light is
Geoffrey Wellum's gripping memoir of his experiences as a fighter pilot.
'Extraordinary depth and resonance. Will rank among
the finest of Second World War memoirs'
'Amazingly fresh and immediate absolutely honest, it is an
extraordinarily gripping and powerful story'
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