Fly: True Stories of Courage and Adventure from the Airmen of World War II

Author(s): Michael Veitch

Biography

Fly is Michael Veitch's second collection of 24 interviews with pilots, navigators, and gunners--now all in their 80s--who flew during the Second World War.


Here are stories of bravery and fear, moments of terror and relief, and vivid details of flying under fire. A passion for history and a boyhood obsession with World War II aircraft inspired Michael Veitch to record these stories of combat, fear and comradeship before they vanished.


 

General Information

  • : 9780143011941
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books
  • : 0.35
  • : August 2009
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : Australia
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Michael Veitch
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 340.544994
  • : 318
  • : Military history; Battles & campaigns; World history: Second World War
  • : illustrations
  • : illustrations

More About The Product

Michael Veitch spent much of his youth writing and performing in television sketch comedy programs, before freelancing as a columnist and arts reviewer for newspapers and magazines. For four years he presented Sunday Arts, the national arts show on ABC television, and produced two books indulging his life-long interest in the aircraft of the Second World War, Flak and Fly. He lives in Hobart, where he presents ABC radio.