First light
Subtitle: the true story of the boy who became a man in the war-torn skies above Britain
By: Geoffrey Wellum
Publisher: J. Wiley & Sons
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780471426271
Subjects: World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924; Biography; World War, 1939-1945; British Personal narratives; Aerial Military operations; Fighter pilots; British Aerial operations; British
Description: "Geoffry Wellum tells the ... true story of his coming of age amid the roaring, tumbling dogfights of the fiercest air war the world has ever seen. It is the story of an idealistic schoolboy who couldn't believe his luck when the RAF agreed to take him on as a 'pupil pilot' at the minimum age of seventeen and a half in 1939. In his fervor to fly, he gave little thought to the coming war"--Jacket.
Notes: Originally published: London ; New York : Viking, ©2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ab Initio --; title: Ad Astra --; title: Fighter Squadron --; title: First Light --; title: Mars, God of War --; title: Brief Encounter --; title: Parting Day --; title: Snappers About --; title: Convoy Pair --; title: Over There --; title: White Cliffs --; title: Twilight --; title: Beyond the Hill --; title: Return to the Fray --; title: Operation Pedestal --; title: White Clouds.