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Young pilot’s disastrous start becomes a brutal wartime education.
Summary
High Skies, Harsh Lessons: A War Story
Fresh from school in June 1916, Lieutenant Oliver Paxton’s first solo flight is to lead a formation of biplanes across the Channel to join Hornet Squadron in France.
Five days later, he crash-lands at his destination, having lost his map, his ballast and every single plane in his charge. To his C.O. he’s an idiot, to everyone else - especially the tormenting Australian who shares his billet - a pompous bastard.
This is 1916, the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857052261 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857052268 |
| Author: | Derek Robinson |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2013 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 22mm |
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Derek Robinson
Derek Robinson read history at Cambridge before working in advertising in London and New York. Goshawk Squadron was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1971.
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