Aviation

Squadron Leader Jeff West's War Diaries 1941 - 1945 Casualties en masse, barmaids, mateship, alcoholism, culture shock, boredom, illness and a love of aviation… From flying in formation with Sir Douglas Bader, Sir Alan Smith, Air Vice Marshal Johnnie Johnson and Sir Hugh Dundas in the elite RAF Tangmere 616 squadron, running from exploding bombs as the Luftwaffe devastated Malta, to dealing with plane malfunctions and pilot error in the deserts of Sudan and Egypt. Suffering from dysentery one day and a hangover the next, Jeff delivers his escapades combining wit and heart throughout the glaring naive eyes of a young New Zealand pilot thrust into a life of adventure he could only dr ...