num_pages: 224
description: Frank Carey's name is well known in aviation historians. Fought in France in May 1940, shot down 12+ German aircraft and won DFC and Bar. Fought in Battle of Britain. Score 18 by Mid-August 1940. Wounded in combat in 1941 while a Squadron Leader, went to Burma to fight the Japanese. Shot down several Japanese aircraft. Awarded a Second Bar to DFC. Served as a flight instructor in India. Received the AFC. Ended the war as Group Captain. Received the US Silver Star, America's third-highest award for valor in the field, Distinguished post-war career. Carey was the second-highest scoring Hurricane fighter pilot, the only aircraft he flew in combat. Of the top 12 British Aces of WWII, Carey's is the only story not to have produced as a book. Norman Franks was given full access to Carey's private papers, log books and archives. This book is a riveting study by a renowned historian.
language: English
title: Frank 'Chota' Carey: The Epic Story of G/C Carey CBE, DFC and 2 Bars, AFC, DFM, US Silver Star
titlecomplete: Frank 'Chota' Carey: The Epic Story of G/C Carey CBE, DFC and 2 Bars, AFC, DFM, US Silver Star
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Grub Street Publishing Ltd.