Down to Earth: A Fighter Pilot's Experiences of Surviving Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, Dieppe and D-Day

by Owen Zupp and Kenneth Butterworth McGlashan

In Down to Earth, Squadron Leader McGlashan reflects honestly on his enthralling and diverse RAF career, one that began with the rag and tube of Hawker biplanes in 1939 and closed in the jet era of the late 1950s.

Shot down over the beaches of Dunkirk in heated aerial combat, we follow the footsteps of the nineteen year old along the debris-littered sands and beyond. From the protection of vulnerable convoys to the pioneering days of night-fighting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904943845
• ISBN13: 9781904943846
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.4"