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The Complete Flying Officer X Stories
Description
At thirty-four, H.E. Bates was deemed too old for active service in WWII. But as a successful author, was commissioned by the nascent RAP Public Relations unit to publicise the bravery of the fighter pilots. Bates was posted to Oakington and Tangmere air bases where, over drinks with the pilots, he gathered their stories and wrote them as Flying Officer X.
The stories convey the pilots' personal qualities and the forces that motivated them. They blend the action and suspense of aerial battles, the tragedy of friendships cut off too soon, and life enduring against all odds.
Collected into one volume for the first time, along with five previously unpublished stories from the era, this is a remarkable collection.
Includes an introduction by Patrick Bishop, bestselling author of Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945
Table of Contents
Foreword by Patrick Bishop
It's Never in the Papers
There's No Future in It
The Young Man from Kalgoorlie
It's Just the Way It Is
The Sun Rises Twice
No Trouble at All
A Personal War
K for Kitty
The Greatest People in the World
MacIntyre's Magna Charta
The Beginning of Things
Li Tale
The Disinherited
Sorry, No Saccharine
Sergeant Carmichael
O'Callaghan's Girl
Yours Is the Earth
Morning Victory
Free Choice, Free World
Here We Go Again
There's Something in the Air
How Sleep the Brave
Croix de Guerre
Additional Stories
Fishers
Happy Christmas Nastashya
The Bell
From This Time Forward
The Three Thousand and One Hours of Sergeant Kostek
Glossary of R.A.F. Slang
A Note on the Author
Product details
| Published | 03 Nov 2015 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 246 |
| ISBN | 9781448215362 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Reader |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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