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From biplanes in Dunkirk to bombers over Germany, a pilot’s war.
Return Flights in War and Peace: The Flying Memoirs of Squadron Leader John Rowland
The Flying Memoirs of Squadron Leader John Rowland
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- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2011
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Summary
John Rowland made his first flight with the RAF Volunteer Reserve on 1 October 1938 from Redhill in a DH60 Moth. He won a Prize Cadetship to the RAF College Cranwell and then posted to the School of Army Cooperation. He volunteered for 613 Squadron which had been formed shortly before the war started. It was still not fully equipped with Lysanders and half of its planes were still elderly Hectors. ON 25 May 1940 came the news that six Hectors were to be sent off on a ground strafing operation…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848844070 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1848844077 |
| Author: | John Rowland |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Aviation |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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John Rowland
John Rowland is an author and a historian.
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