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Battle of Britain: Harry Woods, England 1939-1941 (My Story)
Priestly, Chris
Summary
October 1940 I was out, free of my aircraft, tumbling wildly in the air.
October 1940 I was out, free of my aircraft, tumbling wildly in the air. I pulled the ripcord. I was jerked back by the parachute as air punched into it and I swung there like a puppet, winded and gasping for breath. I looked down at my leg. It felt like a bear was gnawing on it but it was still in one piece. For now, anyway. Then I heard it-right behind me. An Me 109 diving towards me, guns blazing. There was nothing I could do. Nowhere I could go. Shells whistled past me on either side. I just thought, Ok then. if this is it, Ok. Maybe my turn had finally come...
Highlights
- Easy to enjoy: 144 pages · Paperback
- By Priestly, Chris
Details
- ISBN: 9780439994231
- Author: Priestly, Chris
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 144
- Language: English
- Publication date: 19 April 2002
- Condition: New
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Battle of Britain is an account of an 18-year-old Spitfire pilot during World War II, from his early days as a flight-obsessed RAF volunteer pilot to the moment he is forced to eject from his plane at the height of the action.
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