LONELY WARRIOR — the Action-Journal of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot —
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Jean Offenberg's gripping account of his experiences as an RAF fighter pilot during WWII. A Belgian who joined the RAF in 1940, he flew Hurricanes and Spitfires against relentless enemy forces, documenting his harrowing experiences in battle.
Characteristics
| Book cover finish(es) | Paperback |
| Condition | Normal time wear |
| Author(s) | Jean Offenberg |
| Publisher | Mayflower Books |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Published date | First English edition published by Souvenir Press Ltd 1956 Published as a Mayflower Paperback 1969 |
| Language(s) | English, Translated by Mervyn Savill |
| Collection / Series | Mayflower Paperbacks |
| Size | 11 x 17.8 x 1.3 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • BIOGRAPHIES • SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE |
Description
THE FEW
No words of praise can ever be too high for them.
JEAN OFFENBERG was one of their number, and his own brilliant story is a searing record of how it felt to be a fighter pilot during those dangerous days.
He left his native Belgium in 1940 to join the RAF—a handful of Hurricanes and Spitfires endlessly hurling themselves against a relentless enemy.
The grim task of holding off the invader affected him deeply. With hands calloused by the controls of the Spitfire, he scribbled down his eye-witness accounts of the day's battles.
This is the story that he wrote—the story of a lone fighter living out his brief life in the certain knowledge that the scales of death were loaded against him...
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