Alone I Fly: A Wellington Pilot's Desert War

by Bill Bailey and Ronnie Green

Book Overview

After several years at sea, Sgt Bill Bailey arrived in Cairo in 1942 as a new recruit to the RAF, hoping to fulfill his ambition to fly bombers. Within hours of his arrival he is sent on his first bombing mission as second pilot in a 104 Squadron Wellington. The aircraft was hit by enemy gunfire and suffered continual loss of altitude as it struggled to return to base. In thick cloud over a vast expanse of barren desert the aircraft hit a rock outcrop...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848841655
• ISBN13: 9781848841659
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"