From Start to Finish: A Corporal's View of the RAF

by Arthur Barker

The author worked as a mechanic during the war, first on Gloucesters, Gauntlets, and the earliest spitfires, then on Marylands, Blenheims and Wellington aircraft. This is a fascinating memoir that captures all the dramatic contrasts of wartime - its sadness and humour, its pressures and routine - as well as conveying evocatively the landscapes and foreign cultures in which the author found himself. Fully supported by photographs, it is a record of dedicated service in the most testing of conditions.

170 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997