Night Fighter over Germany : Flying Beaufighters and Mosquitoes in World War 2

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These are the highly evocative wartime memoirs of a young NCO pilot whose operational experience was with Beaufighters and Mosquitoes flying in the long-range night-fighter role. It is not a gung-ho account of daring-do, but a 'warts and all' story of what life was really like in that time of international crisis. No punches are pulled when the author experienced badly designed and dangerous aircraft, such as the Merlin-engined Beaufighter that was almost impossible to fly and killed many pilots during training, nor are the blinding errors made by those staff officers who conceived impossible. Read more... Abstract: These are the highly evocative wartime memoirs of a young NCO pilot whose operational experience was with Beaufighters and Mosquitoes flying in the long-range night-fighter role. It is not a gung-ho account of daring-do, but a 'warts and all' story of what life was really like in that time of international crisis. No punches are pulled when the author experienced badly designed and dangerous aircraft, such as the Merlin-engined Beaufighter that was almost impossible to fly and killed many pilots during training, nor are the blinding errors made by those staff officers who conceived impossible Content: Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Dedication Acknowledgements Foreword CHAPTER ONE -- The Way War Broke Out CHAPTER TWO -- Arsy-Tarsy CHAPTER THREE -- Moving On CHAPTER FOUR -- Land of the Free CHAPTER FIVE -- Coming Home CHAPTER SIX -- Getting Serious CHAPTER SEVEN -- Pigs Might Fly! CHAPTER EIGHT -- Little Snoring CHAPTER NINE -- 'What Goes Around Comes Around' CHAPTER TEN -- 'Johnno' CHAPTER ELEVEN -- Twenty-four Hours CHAPTER TWELVE -- 'Behind the Wire' CHAPTER THIRTEEN -- Anchovy Airways CHAPTER FOURTEEN -- Show Me the Way To Go Home CHAPTER FIFTEEN -- Shambles. CHAPTER SIXTEEN -- One of Our Aircrews is MissingCHAPTER SEVENTEEN -- None But the Brave CHAPTER EIGHTEEN -- The End of the Line CHAPTER NINETEEN -- The Mighty T-Bolt CHAPTER TWENTY -- Death in the Afternoon CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE -- Garrison Duty CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO -- The Great Escape CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE -- Hopping Mad CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR -- A Matter of Conscience CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE -- Dr Crippen CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX -- Prang! CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN -- In Dock CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT -- The Last Op. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE -- Return to the Sky CHAPTER THIRTY -- Laughter in the Clouds. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE -- The MosquitoIndex.