Blinding Flash
the courage and sacrifice of a bomb disposal hero, ken revis mbe
$90.25
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2023
Summary
A Blinding Flash: The Ken Revis Story
Ken Revis was on the cusp of becoming a qualified structural engineer when the outbreak of war in September 1939 altered his path. He enlisted, and by 23, he was a commissioned officer in the Royal Engineers. During the Christmas of 1940, he was assigned to a Bomb Disposal unit.
His first encounter with unexploded ordnance came in early 1941 – a 500kg German bomb buried in a Hastings garden. “This is it,” he thought, facing the real dang…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399045964 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399045962 |
| Author: | John Frayn Turner |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Frontline Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 428g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
About The Author
John Frayn Turner
John Frayn Turner was born in 1923 and served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. After an early career in journalism, he joined the Ministry of Defence to work on RAF publicity in London. He made a number of test flights and developed a lasting friendship with Douglas Bader which later led to their collaboration on several books. The publication of John’s first book in 1955, Service Most Silent, marked the start of a long and distinguished career as an author specialising in military history and biography. He died in Cornwall in 2015.
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