The memoir of a Royal Air Force officer who rose to the rank of Air Marshal. The author's own reminiscences are interwoven with those of his father who was a Spitfire Ace in the Second World War and who was shot down and, badly wounded, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Read of how the first ever radar set, not invented in Britain, was thrown into the sea on the orders of an irate ship's captain. Learn of how the radar defence of the UK was developed from its earliest days. Discover the little- known Dowding Experiment'.
This is the story of a Spitfire pilot, Robbie Robertson, who was shot down and badly injured, having achieved Ace status, during the fighting in North Africa
Inspired by the ‘I Learnt About Flying from That’ articles that first appeared in the RAF Flight Safety magazine Air Clues in the 1940s and continues to feature to this day. Men and women of every rank – pilots, navigators, engineers, an RAF Regiment officer and airmen too – reveal similar intriguing experiences in both war and peace.