Book description
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In 1939, at the age of nineteen, Jim Bailey was conscripted into the
RAF to train as a fighter pilot. What happened over the next five
years to Jim and the men he met, the men who fought, died and
survived, is related with candour and quiet modesty in this book. It
describes the youthful heroism of his companions, and he captures the
atmosphere of everyday life on the ground in wartime Britain, as well
as the air battles.<
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In 1939, at the age of nineteen, Jim Bailey was conscripted into the
RAF to train as a fighter pilot. What happened over the next five
years to Jim and the men he met, the men who fought, died and
survived, is related with candour and quiet modesty in this book. It
describes the youthful heroism of his companions, and he captures the
atmosphere of everyday life on the ground in wartime Britain, as well
as the air battles.<
