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Free Download Henry Adlam, "On and Off the Flight Deck: Reflections of a Naval Fighter Pilot in World War II"
English | 2010 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 1848841957, 184415629X | EPUB | 2,1 mb
Hank Adlam began his naval flying career in 1941, his first operational posting was to the newly formed No. 890 Squadron. The squadron's first operational role was to protect a convoy sailing from New York and bound for Greenock. Their major task was to protect the ship's squadron of Fairey Swordfish anti-submarine aircraft and to destroy any long-range Lufwaffe Fw Condor reconnaissance patrols that were transmitting convoy positions to the waiting U-boat wolf-packs. During this first operational voyage he lost his best friend who was shot down. Later, on this same initiation to front-line operational flying, Hank was forced to ditch into gale-torn Atlantic Ocean.