Ebook: Men Behind the Medals

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface; CHAPTER 1 The Medals; CHAPTER 2 Air Drop Ace; CHAPTER 3 Coastal Patrol Pilot; CHAPTER 4 Leaflets, Bombs and Testing; CHAPTER 5 Spitfire Auxiliary; CHAPTER 6 Low Level Attacker; CHAPTER 7 Bismarck Hunter; CHAPTER 8 From Greek Tragedy to Night Intruder; CHAPTER 9 Air Gunner; CHAPTER 10 Desert Fighter Pilot; CHAPTER 11 Gallant Wing Walker; CHAPTER 12 The Magnificent Seven; CHAPTER 13 Jungle Supply Pilot; CHAPTER 14 Night Fighter Navigator Ace; CHAPTER 15 Late Arrivals Club; CHAPTER 16 Biscay Fighter Pilot.;This book pays tribute to the quite remarkable bravery of those young men who risked, and all too often lost, their lives for their country during the war. The author, himself a distinguished Royal Air Force officer, has singled out twenty-one men to represent 'the many' to whom he dedicated the book; but he has chosen them with care to illustrate, as far as possible, the wide scope of the duties of the Royal Air Force in wartime.