A Passion for Flying: 8,000 Hours of RAF Flying

by Tom Eeles and Group Captain Tom Eeles

Book Overview

Group Captain Tom Eeles served in the RAF for 44 years and totaled over 8000 hours of flying in twenty-eight different aircraft types. Tom entered RAF College Cranwell in 1961 and gained his RAF wings in 1963. His first posting was to No 16 squadron flying the Canberra. Its role as a light bomber squadron was primarily nuclear strike, with a secondary role of conventional ground attack by day and night. 16 Squadron was deployed to Kuantan, Malaya...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473845645
• ISBN13: 9781473845640
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
• Length: 160 Pages