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Surviving the Skies: A Night Bomber Pilot in the Great War

By Joe Bamford

Book information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780752490533, 9780752490526
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2354464 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-10 20:51:53
Biography & Autobiography; Military; Nonfiction; B

Description

Captain Stephen Wynn Vickers joined the Cheshire Regiment in August 1914, but after being badly wounded, he remustered to the RFC (Royal Flying Corps). While other young pilots were killed or injured almost as soon as they got their wings, Captain Vickers survived numerous crash and forced landings. He joined 101 Squadron in 1917, completed 73 sorties over enemy territory before being repatriated in May 1918, and was awarded the newly inaugurated DFC as well as the MC. With the war drawing to a close, he became a flying instructor at an RAF station in Lincolnshire, but he did not live long enough to receive either his medals or the distinction that he deserved.

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