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Beschreibung
The story of a young man's coming of age in a Spitfire during the Battle of Britain, perennially popular since its initial publication.
The story of a young man's coming of age in a Spitfire during the Battle of Britain, perennially popular since its initial publication.
Über den Autor

Geoffrey Wellum was born in Walthamstow, and educated at Forest School, Snaresbrook. Aged seventeen, he joined the RAF on a short-service commission in August 1939 and served with 92 Squadron throughout the Battle of Britain. In March 1942 he went to 65 Squadron at Debden as a Flight Commander and from there to Malta later that year. He led a group of eight Spitfires off HMS Furious to Luqa during Operation Pedestal.

Returning to England, Wellum became a test pilot on Typhoons at Gloster Aircraft. He later became a gunnery instructor until the end of the war. He stayed in the RAF after 1945, serving in Germany as a staff officer, followed by a four-year tour of duty with 192 Squadron. Wellum left the RAF in 1961 to take up a position with a firm of commodity brokers in the City of London until his retirement to Cornwall. He died in July 2018, aged ninety-six.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780241987841
ISBN-10: 0241987849
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wellum, Geoffrey
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 195 x 127 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Geoffrey Wellum
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.02.2020
Gewicht: 0,282 kg
Artikel-ID: 118289187

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