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Wellum suffered severe battle fatigue after three years' intensive flying, because of the immense strain that frontline British fighter pilots were put under during that period. He returned from Malta to Britain, becoming a test pilot on the Hawker Typhoon, based at Gloster Aircraft.He finished the war as a gunnery instructor, staying in the RAF, first as a staff officer in West Germany, followed by a four year tour with 192 Squadron. He married Grace, his wartime girlfriend and they had three children.
Fascinating--especially as it was 5 decades before publication
Mallory Heart wrote: "Fascinating--especially as it was 5 decades before publication"Patti (baconater) wrote: "Where'd you find this one?"
Erm, yeah.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Where'd you find this one?"This was a chosen book on desert island disks by Paul Hollywood, presenter of The Bake Off series on BBC 1.
Two months before the outbreak of WWII, seventeen year old Geoffrey Wellum left school to become a fighter pilot with the RAF. He made it through basic training to become the youngest Spitfire pilot in the prestigious 92 Squadron. Thrust into combat almost immediately, Wellum found himselfflying several sorties a day, caught up in terrifying dogfights with German Me 109s.
Published more than fifty years afterwards, FIRST LIGHT is Geoffrey Wellum's gripping memoir of his experiences as a fighter pilot during WWII.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Light-G...