First light
By: Geoffrey Wellum
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780141008141
Subjects: Weltkrieg; British Personal narratives; Luftkrieg; British Aerial operations; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, No. 92; British; Jagdflieger; World War, 1939-1945; Great Britain; Aerial Military operations; Fighter pilots; Biography; History
Description: Geoffrey Wellum was one of the youngest fighter pilots in the Battle of Britain. Enlisting in the RAF weeks before the outbreak of World War 2, Wellum found himself fighting the Germans as a Spitfire pilot at just 18 years of age. This is the gripping memoir of his experiences.
Notes: Originally published: London: Viking, 2002.