First Light: The True Story of the Boy Who Became a Man in the War-Torn Skies above Britain

Wellum, Geoffrey

ISBN 10: 047142627X / ISBN 13: 9780471426271

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Light: The True Story of the Boy Who Became a Man in the War-Torn Skies above Britain
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047142627X
• ISBN 13: 9780471426271
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

A pilot who flew nearly one hundred missions over occupied France during World War II shares his day-to-day experiences, fears, and exhilarations in this stirring, sometimes disturbing memoir of a seventeen-year-old soldier's journey through war.

About the Author

GEOFFREY WELLUM was born in Walthamstow, England, and educated at Forest School. At age seventeen, he joined the RAF on a short-service commission in August 1939 and served with the 92nd Squadron throughout the Battle of Britain. In March 1942 he joined the 65th Squadron as Flight Commander and, later that year, led a group of eight Spitfires in the relief of Malta during Operation Pedestal. He later served as a test pilot on Typhoon fighter planes and as a gunnery instructor until the end of the war. He remained with the RAF after the war, retiring in 1961 to take a position as a commodities broker in London. He now lives in Cornwall, England.