Ebook: Beaufighter Ace: the Nightfighter Career of Marshall of the Royal Air Force, Sir Thomas

Tom Pike joined the Royal Air Force on 17 January 1924 as a Flight Cadet at Cranwell. During a long and varied career in peace and war he held a wide variety of RAF appointments around the world and when he eventually retired he had held the ultimate post in the RAF, that of Chief of Air Staff and also that of Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe. This book, written by his son, is an account of his leadership of No. 219 Night Fighter Squadron based at Tangmere in 1941.;Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Prologue London September 1990; Chapter One Hendon Summer 1930; Chapter Two The New CO Tangmere, February 1941; Chapter Three Enemy within Range; Chapter Four The Fieriest of Baptisms; Chapter FiveThree Nights Later; Chapter Six Beware the Ides of March; Chapter Seven A Break in the Country; Chapter Eight At Peace with the Family; Chapter Nine Tangmere, 16 April, 1941; Chapter Ten Night-time Dogfight; Chapter Eleven Chance Encounter; Chapter Twelve To Earth at Middle Wallop; Chapter Thirteen The Reward Saturday, 3 May 1941.