Tally Ho!: from the Battle of Britain to the Defence of Darwin

Bob Foster is a well known figure at book and print signings in many parts of the UK. Although recognized as a Battle of Britain veteran, little is known of his life, or the details of his war service with the RAF. Often serving right up in the front lines, Bob saw the war at very close hand, and then quite by chance became one of the first, if not the first RAF officer to enter Paris with the liberating French army, and again, by chance, was in General de Gaulle’s triumphant procession down the Champs-Élysées. Persuaded to tell his story to air historian and well established aviation author Norman Franks, the result is a very readable account of his flying years. His memoir is an entertaining collection of stories and reminiscences of two distinct areas of WW2, which also shows how luck often shaped the lives of the fighter pilots involved.