First Light by Geoffrey Wellum
A memoir of the author's experiences as a fighter pilot during WWII. It tells how two months before the outbreak of WWII, the author who was then seventeen year old, left school to become a fighter pilot with the RAF. It also tells how he made it through basic training to become the youngest Spitfire pilot in the prestigious 92 Squadron.
'An extraordinary, deeply moving and astonishingly evocative storyReading it, you feel you are in the Spitfire with him, at 20,000 feet, chased by a German Heinkel, with your ammunition gone' Independent
Geoffrey Wellum joined the RAF in 1939 when he was just seventeen years old and served with 92 Squadron throughout the Battle of Britain. In 1942 he went to 65 Squadron at Debden as a Flight Commander and from there to Malta later that year. He led eight Spitfires off HMS Furious to Luqa during Operation Pedestal. He now lives in Mullion in Cornwall and has three children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141008141 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141008148 |
| Title | First Light |
| Author | Geoffrey Wellum |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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