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New Biography Geoff Moss Aviator Extraordinaire

I have just completed and made available through Kindle, the life story of Geoff Moss a late friend of mine. This is a summary of some of the topics in the book:-

Geoff Moss had an amazing life story as a pilot in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Following university he set off to seek his fortune in Africa and obtained the first pilots licence in Northern Rhodesia. He became the instructor at the Flying Club of Northern Rhodesia with students at remote copper mines where grass strips were his runways. Returning to England just before the war he became one of British Airways first pilots flying the Night Mail between England and Germany. He graduated onto passenger aircraft flying Lockheed 10s on flights throughout Europe. During the war he was test pilot for Lockheed at Liverpool where he flight tested one thousand aircraft. During this time he demonstrated aircraft for Churchill. He flew ball bearings from Sweden for the war effort and took passengers there on false passports prior to returning with his cargo. Geoff was involved in breaking the siege of Malta flying submarine parts in at night to avoid German fighter planes. He worked in America training pilots to fly on the system of lines used for navigation. Late in the war he was involved in an accident in Ireland where he crashed an aircraft with all the British Airways Directors on board. All survived the accident. The cause was faulty glue which had been used on this wooden aircraft.
The book contains many anecdotes one involving gold smuggled out of Germany just before the war started which has never been revealed until now. Brian Marsden

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By: Atcham Tower - 24th May 2016 at 08:13

That sounds fascinating, but for those of us without a Kindle, is there any other way of obtaining a copy. A paid-for pdf download, perhaps?

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