Spitfire Pilot
Flight-Lieutentant David M. Crook, DFC
apr. 2018 · Tantor Media Inc · Lest av Steven Crossley
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At the outbreak of the Second World War D. M. Crook, of No. 609 Squadron AAF, was at Yeadon, still undergoing his training; by the winter of 1939-40, he had his wings. Successfully applying to return to his Squadron, then on defense duties in northern England, Crook began to familiarize himself with their new fighter: the Spitfire. Soon they were posted to RAF Northolt, and it was at this time that Crook, much to his chagrin, was left grounded, undergoing knee surgery as they flew over Dunkirk. Following the Allied evacuation from France, Crook returned to the air and found himself facing the relentless sorties as the skies above Britain transformed into a battlefield. In one particularly frank passage, Crook recounts how he mistakenly shot down a Blenheim, going on to illustrate how easy it was for pilots to misidentify aircraft. Spitfire Pilot is a remarkable account of one officer's life in 609 Squadron during one of the most famous battles of the Second World War.
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Flight Lieutenant David M. Crook, DFC (1914-1944) was commissioned into the Auxiliary Air Force in September 1938, as an acting pilot officer. In May 1940 he was promoted to pilot officer, and in December of the same year to flight officer, before reaching the rank of flight lieutenant a year later.
Steven Crossley has recorded over two hundred audiobooks and has won multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, his audiobook performances cover an eclectic range of subjects in both fiction and nonfiction.
Richard James Overy is a British historian who has published extensively on the history of World War II and Nazi Germany.
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