Pathfinder's War: An Extraordinary Tale of Surviving Over 100 Bomber Operations Against All Odds
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (711 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1906502528 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Sean Feast is a Director and co-owner of Gravity London and the author of several books on World War II pilots.
Although his aircraft was frequently hit, and he survived a crash landing on only his second trip, Ted was never wounded. Trained at RAF Halton as one of Trenchard’s ‘Brats’, a posting to Boscombe Down saw him fly in both the prototype Stirling and Halifax just as war engulfed Europe for the second time. Awarded the DFC in 1943, he was posted to 7 and then 582 Squadrons, going on to complete more than 100 bombing operations , often as a master bomber, and flying with some of the pathfinder ‘greats’, including Don Bennett himself. Qualifying as one of the RAF’s first flight engineers, he flew operations in 1941/42 with 35 and 102 Squadrons, a contemporary of Leonard Cheshire, helping with the often hair-raising task of converting pilots from two to four engines. On his return to 35, he became a pathfinder and flight engineer leader, taking part in virtually every major air battle o
. About the Author Sean Feast is a Director and co-owner of Gravity London and the author of several books on World War II pilots
I'm a bit partial stocker I'm a bit partial to this book as it my Grandfathers story of those tragic years' 1939-45.Surviving 108 bombing raids and losing many friends along the way my grandfather's odds were very slim to survive the war. I'm very grateful to Sean Feast for initiating the request to get his remarkable story in print before the tales were lost to leave only one line ent