This book recomendation thread is great ! First light and mosquito victory have duely been read and crossed of the list , thanks for the heads up .
Just now I’m reading , Under the Wire by F/L William Ash MBE , reminds me of some film I’ve seen somewhere .

cheers Spike .

P.S. Please give your books to charity shops, because thats where I buy them !

I didn’t realise the Me 262 was designed as a tail dragger until I saw a documentery on the history channel the other month , I thought it was always a tri-cycle , but there was some top quality footage from the very first test flights in front of luftwaffe brass .

DazDaMan
”It also had a prop for its first flight.”

only one prop ?

Does this count , it looks old …….

also saw a Vampire and P40 on Saturday but didn’t have the camera handy 😉 I love living near Old Warden

restoration crew having problems re-aligning nose turret ?

Is that Snake Pilot by Randy Zahn , cheers mate , I haven’t got to that bit yet !!!!!
If it isn’t , which book is it from , the style sounds the same.

No matter , it’s a good read , the author has just got hit by shrapnel in my copy .

steve

The Big Show by Pierre Clostermann , charity shop find , a cracking read up until the absolutely harrowing account of talking a fellow pilot in a damaged Tempest down, and the inevitable crash and fire, Then doing the same thing himself a few days later ,

spike

Heard a strange sounding engine yesterday , Thursday afternoon , or was it Wednesday , I don’t remember for sure , fuzzy head and nightshifts confusing me , looked out of bedroom window and saw old bedstead with castors for undercarraige heading for OW , dodging rain showers , only ever see the copper chopper over B’wade normally , or was I dreaming !!!:confused:

spike