Tally Ho! From the Battle of Britain to the Defence of Britain

Published by Grub Street 2008. ISBN 9781906502263.

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Seller: Alexander Fax Booksellers, Mawson, ACT, AustraliaAlexander Fax Booksellers

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"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover dust wrapper, viii/216pp, b&w plates. Very light wear to edges of dw/boards; a near fine copy. Shortly before WW2, Bob Foster learnt to fly with the RAFVR. Called up for war service in September 1939, he completed his training and was posted to 605 Squadron, equipped with Hawker Hurricanes. By early September 1940 he and his Squadron were in the thick of the air fighting over southern England, operating from Croydon. Surviving the Battle, he later became an instructor, but shortly after joining 54 Squadron, which had Spitfires, he and this unit became part of a group sent out to Australia to help defend the Darwin area, engaging the Japanese incursions throughout 1943. He returned to the UK and was given an assignment with a RAF public relations outfit, ending up in Normandy within three weeks of the invasion of 1944. Often serving right up in the front lines, Bob saw the war at very close hand, and then quite by chance became one of the first, if not the first RAF officer to enter Paris with the liberating French army, and again, by chance, was in General de Gaulle's triumphant procession down the Champs-Aelysees. His memoir is an entertaining collection of stories and reminiscences of two distinct areas of WW2, which also shows how luck often shaped the lives of the fighter pilots involved.…

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Title
Tally Ho! From the Battle of Britain to the Defence of Britain
Author
Foster, Wing Commander R.W. Foster DFC AE with Norman Franks
Publisher
Grub Street 2008. ISBN 9781906502263.
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Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hardcover

Alexander Fax Booksellers

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