Published anonymously in 1941 this is a personal journal of the air-war over France in a period known as the 'Phoney War'. There was little 'phoney' about it for the aircrew on both sides though as they endured the gradual escalation of tensions, contacts and combats until the eventual invasion of France. However it's the personal aspects of everyday life that make it so engrossing and one of the most absorbing military memoirs I've read.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 84 Spring 2017 ) |
