This is the autobiography of Group Captain Sir Hugh Dundas CBE, DSO, DFC, who was one of the most distinguished fighter pilots of World War II. He writes of his wartime experiences, and particularly of his period as Squadron Leader and Wing Commander and his involvement in the Battle of Britain.
‘A sincere desire to engage the enemy’ – that, Winston Churchill has written, was the criterion by which Lord Haig had judged his fellow soldiers. That, above all else, was the impulse which Churchill himself admired and demanded in fighting men. I found out that day, 28 May 1940, over Dunkirk, in my first close encounter with Britain’s enemies, how hard it is to live up to that criterion. When it comes to the point, a sincere desire to stay alive is all too likely to get the upper hand. Certainly, that was the impulse which consumed me at that moment that day. And that was to be the impulse which I had to fight against, to try and try and try again to overcome, during the years which followed.
Fighter Boys: The Battle of Britain, 1940 Автор: Patrick Bishop Название: Fighter Boys: The Battle of Britain, 1940 Издательство: Viking Press Год: 2003 Формат: PDF Страниц: 468 Язык: English...
A Fighter Command Station at War Название: A Fighter Command Station at War Автор: Mark Hillier Издательство: Frontline Books ISBN: 1473844681 Год: 2015 Формат: EPUB Страниц: 192...
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