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Biggles was fiction: this isn't but is equally readable and more engaging because it is the real experiences of a very young man's war in the Flying Corps. Cecil Lewis became a pilot out of 17 year old public school bravado and happened to be dammed good at flying. Which is just as well given that he was tasked to map battle positions over the Somme during the most intense periods of battle, and goodness knows what else. He survived and his love of English and communications - he was rated as a poet and was a co-founder of the BBC- provides the most moving and engaging account of the first world war from a pilot's point of view, but more so, tells us so much about the society of that day and the rules, both stated and not, that governed behaviour.
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What wonderful writing, what a charmed life as a young man at the beginning of aviation and living through all the advances of aircraft over the first seventy years of the twentieth century. You will soar into the blue sky and be caught up in the exhiliaration of Cecil Lewis' experiences
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A superbly written first hand account of the heroic deeds of the Royal Flying Corps in WW1….highly recommended
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Brilliant book and story is well written. Highly recommended.
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Excellent book.
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