633 Squadron: Operation Valkyrie.

633 Squadron #4

by Frederick E. Smith

That cold morning in July 1943 still haunted 633 Squadron, for only a single Mosquito made it back from the suicidal but successful Operation Vesuvius. Now, barely a year later, the Germans were once more processing the secret 'element' known as IMI and were about to move their stocks to the safety of Germany. If successful, the whole tide of the war would be turned. Once again, it meant another mission impossible for 633 Squadron...

Paperback

Published January 1, 1979

Reviews

[Kenneth Flusche · Rating 4 out of 5]

A strange book, I found it on the shelf in a Museum, presumable the reading room of a typical Korean War Air Force Pilot. I choose ten books. 5 were in my local library this was one. Large Print assumed was for old tired eyes. (Wrong) Word and sentence structure, this is a fourth grade reader, BRITISH.
An adventure story for a young reader. Enjoy

[Roy Szweda · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the weaker of the three in the series I have read now. In fact if it was not for nostalgia I would say it was a pretty lacklustre wartime adventure. Unlike the last one I read this one has little to do with the actual events or operations of WW2 as far as I know. In fact it seemed quite a stretch that such things would even be contemplated.
It is the usual formula where the Squadron is called in when no one else can do it but too much of the novel's time is spent on the non-flying aspects. That is a personal feeling but the whole premise is all about chaps in peril with their mates and daring doings for king and country so I would have expected a bit more zooming around in the superb Mozzie but no. Have to look elsewhere for that, perhaps in one of those wonderful non-fiction books on actual RAF low-level ops.

[Michael]

A great 'Boy's Own' read from WWII