WW II Canadian in RAF No 148 & No 218 Squadron "IN FOR A PENNY IN FOR A POUND"

Description: I COMBINE SHIPPING $1.50 per book. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60. Send books to your check-out cart. E-Bay will automatically adjust shipping costs. PACKAGING & SHIPPING RULES: 1. Individual books Under $18.00 are shipped in padded poly envelopes. 2. Individual books Over $18.00 are shipped in a poly envelope inside a box. 3. Buy Three or more books and the order is shipped in a box.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LISTING:From two Book Reviews: 1. Published more than a decade ago, this is a surprisingly good account of life as a WW2 RAF Wireless Operator-Air Gunner (WAG). Mr. Hewer very capably describes his wartime career, from training in Canada and Britain, to operations over Germany in the initial phases of the strategic bombing campaign. Hoping to stay with his friend and pilot, Hewer then heads to the Middle East, where he continues to fly on Wellingtons out of bases in Egypt, ranging across the Mediterranean against Axis forces in Italy, Greece, Libya and Crete. He provides the reader with an exciting account of the bombing operations in which he took part, in what was a relatively obscure theatre of air warfare. Along the way he gives us a vivid description of the attendant complexities of life in Cairo as a member of the British forces, encounters with the Long Range Desert Force, meeting David Sterling of the SAS, and a brief intersection with Air Marshal Tedder and his wife. The author explains that subsequent to their meeting, Mrs. Tedder died in an airplane crash that Hewer (and sadly, Tedder) witnessed. Overall, with its detail of the duties of a WAG, life as an NCO on a bomber squadron, travel during wartime, aircrew relationships, and life in the wartime Royal Air Force, this is a find addition to the aircrew memoir genre. In some ways, it is comparable to Murray Peden's excellent memoir, "A Thousand Shall Fall," though written from the perspective of a crew member instead of a pilot. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and heartily recommend it to those who have an interest in WW2 air operations, aircrew training, the RAF, and RAF operations in the Middle East. 2. This book was of particular interest to me because my father was a RCAF wireless operator/air gunner in WW ll, the same as the author. The author flew in Vickers Wellington bombers in 218 and 148 RAF Squadrons. Hewer has produced an interesting, honest and well-written book. It is a comprehensive insight of a Canadian airman's adventures in the air and on the ground from basic training to bomber operations over Europe and in the Middle East.

Price: 22 USD

Location: Livonia, Michigan

End Time: 2025-01-06T16:01:53.000Z

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