Diary of a spitfire pilot, Granville Allen Mawer
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Diary of a spitfire pilot, Granville Allen Mawer
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Diary of a spitfire pilot
Responsibility statement
Granville Allen Mawer
Summary
Allen Mawer's diary is a candid and sometimes disconcerting record of conquests in the air and on the ground. It recounts the highs and lows of his war: from 1941 when, aged 21, he hunted the Hun over the English Channel and experienced the perils of aerial combat and the hazards of wartime romance, to 1943 when, living in a 'swamp that pretends to be an airstrip' south of Darwin, the Japanese flew over so infrequently he was in danger of going troppo. His diary offers a poignant insight into the human cost of armed conflict
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Diary of a Spitfire pilot, over the English Channel and over Darwin
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