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First Light

Paperback • 2003 • English

First Light

By Geoffrey Wellum

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About the book

"In First Light, Geoffrey Wellum tells the inspiring, often terrifying true story of his coming of age amid the roaring, tumbling dogfights of the fiercest air war the world had ever seen. It is the story of an idealistic schoolboy who couldn't believe his luck when the RAF agreed to take him on as a "pupil pilot" at the minimum age of seventeen and a half in 1939. In his fervor to fly, he gave little thought to the coming war." "Writing with wit, compassion, and a great deal of technical ...Show more

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ISBN

9780141008141

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

First Light

Format

Paperback

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