Spitfire Pilot

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1939 The battle for the skies of Britain has just begun.At the outbreak of the Second World War D M Crook, of No 609 Squadron AAF, was at Yeadon, still undergoing his training by the winter of 1939 40, he had his wings.Successfully applying to return to his Squadron, then on defence duties in northern England, Crook began to familiarise himself with their new fighter the Spitfire.Soon they were posted to RAF Northolt, and it was at this time that Crook, much to his chagrin, was left grounded, undergoing knee surgery as they flew over Dunkirk.Following the Allied evacuation from France, Crook returned to the air and found himself facing the relentless sorties as the skies above Britain transformed into a battlefield.In one particularly frank passage, Crook recounts how he mistakenly shot down a Blenheim, going on to illustrate how easy it was for pilots to misidentify aircraft Spitfire Pilot is a remarkable account of one officer s life in 609 Squadron, the excitement, the anxieties and the camaraderie, during one of the most famous battles of the Second World War Crook and his colleagues committed acts of unimaginable bravery against the German aircraft Many did not make it and the author describes the ansence they leave in the squadron with great poignancy His descriptions of aerial conflict will rarely be bettered Magazine A brilliant first hand account of the life of a fighter pilot before and during the Battle of Britain Spectator A unique personal insight into one of the crucial periods of the war I cannot recommend this highly enough World War II MagazineFlt Lt David Moore Crook, D.F.C 1914 1944 was commissioned into the Auxiliary Air Force in September 1938, as an Acting Pilot Officer In May 1940 he was promoted Pilot Officer, in December of the same year Flight Officer, before reaching the rank of Flight Lieutenant a year later One of The Few who fought in the Battle of Britain, where he won the D.F.C., in December 1944 he failed to return to base his Spitfire was reported to have dived into the sea He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.Albion Press is an imprint of Endeavour Press, the UK s leading independent digital publisher For information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks Follow us on Twitter EndeavourPress and on Facebook via We are always interested in hearing from our readers Endeavour Press believes that the future is now. 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Crook [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Decorated Flight Lieutenant David Crook recounts his participation in the Battle of Britain with this quick, easy read The author kept a diary during this period in his life, and we are privy to his adventures as well as some of his inner thoughts concerning air battle, shooting down enemy flyers as well as losing fellow avi...A charming and frank, if not very detailed account of the life of a spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain.An Excellent Account of the British SpiritThe author relates the reason England was spared from invasion The spitfire and RAFI pilots overwhelmed the German air force This is a good readShort storyNice short book about flying planes during the war Good quick read for a short trip Some pictures of the planes and airfields would have been nice.Real life boy s own adventure written with a stiff upper lipAn interesting first hand account from a fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain All too short, however given the book is literally his contemporary diary, it s part and parcel of the source You get a real sense the author entered the war, like many of his time I m sure, with a naive excitement that it was going to be a big adventure For the most part this rings true throughout, but is occasionally punctuated by deeper contemplati Real life boy s own adventure written with a stiff upper lipAn interesting first hand account from a fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain All too short, however given the book is literally his contemporary diary, it s part and parcel of the source You get a real sense the author entered the war, like many of his time I m sure, with a naive excitement that it was going to be a big adventure For the most pa...Highly recommended An honest personal account of flying The Famous Spitfire in the Battle of Britain Flight Lieutenant David Crook ETC does not embellish the account, but tells it the way it was No heroics, just the truthgood and bad, but the absolute truth His modestly and insight is really refr...Tremendous read This journal account of an RAF pilot s flying experiences, written during the Battle of Britain, is, to this pilot, very good The flying and personal relationships with his contemporarie...An interesting readI found the description of the events that happened to the writer both frightening and sad He experienced some horrific things and life seemed cheap Brave young men died for our country andshould be explained to my and other generations about just what life was like back thenI wonder how ordinary men found the courage to attack other aircraft when totally outnumbered.This man, although a heroic individual,in fact a gallant knight, comes across as modest I was glad that he survived to relate, so factually, just how it wasKevinA moment in timeTrained as a navcad i flew the end of British harvard luckily between the wars of Korea and vietnam, I had many of the same learning experiences that the author described only known in the US navy as the smh and in the air force as the t6

Spitfire Pilot
  • 19 July 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 94 pages
  • David M. Crook
  • Spitfire Pilot