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MALTA – THE TORN IN ROMMEL’S SIDE – Six Months That Turned the War

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Between June 1940 and December 1942, Malta was one of the most bombed places on earth. Of paramount strategic importance to both the Allies and Axis powers [...]


Characteristics

Book cover finish Perfect paperback
Condition Used good
Number of pages 346
Published date 1993
Language English
Size 10 x 18 x 1 cm
Author Laddie Lucas
Editor Penguin Books


Description

Between June 1940 and December 1942, Malta was one of the most bombed places on earth. Of paramount strategic importance to both the Allies and Axis powers, Malta became the besieged and battered arena for one of the most decisive struggles of World War II. Against overwhelming odds, the RAF transformed almost certain defeat into aerial triumph in a battle now acknowledged as the key to Allied victory in North Africa and the subsequent invasion of southern Europe.

 

As the commanding officer of the island's top-scoring Spitfire squadron, Laddie Lucas experienced firsthand the daily pressures of incessant combat, hunger, disease, and claustrophobic confinement on a remote island no bigger than the Isle of Wight. His personal and inspiring account is a testimony to the people who stood firm during a time of terrible adversity — to the heroism and skill of the pilots who fought day after day to the limit of their endurance, to the tenacity and courage of the ground crews who toiled to keep their planes flying, and to the fortitude of the Maltese people whose indomitable spirit earned them the George Cross.

 

"This book is a dramatic reflection of the hardships, bravery, and determination to survive marking the worst year for Malta, its people, and its garrison. Laddie Lucas's humanity raises it above what one may expect from a straightforward war record." — The Sunday Times of Malta

 

 

Source: Publisher's summary printed on cover

À PROPOS DE CET AUTEUR
Laddie Lucas

Acting Wing Commander Percy Belgrave " Laddie " Lucas C.B.E., D.S.O. & Bar, D.F.C. ( September 2nd, 1915 - March 20th, 1998 ) was born in the old clubhouse at Prince's Sandwich Bay ( Kent, England ). He was educated at Stowe School ( Buckinghamshire, England ) and Pembroke College ( Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England ) where he read Economics. While at Cambridge, he captained the golf team, was the top amateur in the 1935 Open Championship and was considered the finest left - handed player in the world at the age of 19. 


After graduating from Cambridge, " Laddie " Lucas was interviewed by Lord Beaverbrook ( 1879 - 1964 ), the famous Canadian - British newspaper publisher and backstage politician, for a post on the Sunday Express. Impressed by the young man, he later hired him as a sports writer. " Laddie " Lucas remained with the Sunday Express until the outbreak of war ( September 1st, 1939 ), when he volunteered for the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve ( R.A.F.V.R. ). He then joined in 1940 and went to Canada to undertake flying training under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan ( B.C.A.T.P. ). 


After he received his wings ( as a fighter pilot ), he was then posted to No. 66 Squadron in August 1941. Throughout the Second World War, " Laddie " Lucas flew Spitfires on convoy patrols ( 1941 - 1942 ) ; served with No. 605 " County of Warwick " Squadron, R.Aux.A.F. ; commanded No. 249 " Gold Coast " Squadron ( arrival in February 1942 ) and fought during the Battle of Malta ( he had under his orders the famous Canadian Ace George F. " Screwball, Buzz " Beurling D.S.O., D.F.C., D.F.M. & two Bars, 1921 - 1948 ) ; was briefly assigned as aide - de - camp of the Duke of Kent ( Autumn 1942 ) ; served as instructor at the Fighter Leader School, R.A.F. Chedworth ( Gloucestershire, England, 1943 ) ; commanded No. 616 " South Yorkshire " Squadron, R.Aux.A.F., then the Spitfire Wing at R.A.F. Coltishall ( Norfolk, England, 1943 ) ; served as Staff Officer with Headquarters, Fighter Command, R.A.F. Bentley Priory ( near Stanmore, Greater London, England, 1943 - 1944 ) ; took over command of No. 613 " City of Manchester " Squadron, equipped with Mosquitoes ; then of No. 138 Wing, No. 2 Bomber Group, 2nd Tactical Air Force ( 2nd T.A.F. ) in North - West Europe ( 1944 - 1945 ). 


Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross ( D.F.C., July 1942 ), the Distinguished Service Order ( D.S.O., January 1944 ) and a Bar to his D.S.O. ( October 2nd, 1945 ), " Laddie " Lucas rose to the rank of Acting Wing Commander ( A/W/Cdr ). At the end of the war, he was credited with 1 confirmed aerial victory, 2 shared, 1 probable, 8 damaged and 1 shared. He resigned his commission in 1945. 


In 1946, he married Jill Doreen Addison ( 1921 ), the half - sister of Olive Thelma Enley Bader ( née Edwards, 1907 - 1971 ), first wife of the flying Ace with artificial legs : Douglas Bader ( 1910 - 1982 ). 


After the war, he was encouraged to get involved in politics as a Conservative. In 1950, he was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Brentford and Chiswick ( present - day Greater London, England ), and held the seat until 1959. He wrote a popular column for the Sunday Express, and authored several books on golf and airmen around the world, as well as an idiosyncratic but much - admired history of the Second World War Siege of Malta : Malta : The Thorn in Rommel's Side - Six Months That Turned the War ( 1992 ). 


" Laddie " Lucas died in Chelsea ( Greater London, England ), at the age of 82. 


( sources : Wikipedia, rafgs.org, www.iwm.org.uk, www.thegazette.co.uk, Ciel de Gloire, www.geni.com, www.famechain.com )

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