Pilot (The Permanent Man Book 1)
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A fine twist of the typical fighter pilot yarn. It was nicknamed "Ensign Eliminator" and "Bent-Wing Eliminator" due to it requiring a lot more training with corresponding crashes as a result.
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Having stood next to one of them at an air show I can see that landing one on a pitching deck of an aircraft carrier while looking around that massive engine would at the very least be problematic. But the British didn't have the same choices. So they looked to their allies and ended up with Corsairs. Yes you would have to chop eight inches off the wings to fit them into the hanger decks and they would be flying them off of smaller carriers than the US had, but the offer was accepted.
Besides cutting the wings a tad shorter no other modifications were required unlike the Mustang which required a completely different power plant. And the British made the aircraft work developing new ways to fly towards the carrier for landing and in other ways of changing things around to utilize the aircraft better and safer.
Things like changing the shape of the canopy and how the airplane landed were important modifications making it more suitable for carrier use. This is all interesting background but it did not in any way diminish the bravery of the author. The book is written in the typical tone of many books by British servicemen and women in an almost lighthearted way.
Perhaps the passage of time has diminished the intensity of the moments he faced. But reading some of the sections made my pulse race at the sheer terror which must have been gripping him. It isn't just chair clamping combat but a look at a prewar USA as he had flight training in the US among other things like leaves, training and travels to the Pacific on an aircraft carrier.
All an all, gripping account of the war from a different perspective. A very well written book by a pilot who was there, saw combat, lost many friends yet did his duty with honor. Life on an aircraft carrier as seen by a British pilot. Well written, and interesting, not least because the Brits have their own view of the world, and their own way of dealing with problems.
The British solved the problem of flying the F4U Corsair off carriers, and this book helps one to understand what that entailed. Well worth reading to better understand the Brits way of dealing with the stress of combat flying, the loss of companions, and the conditions aboard a carrier in the heat of the tropics. There's not much written by the FAA pilots of the Pacific Fleet and this volume is a most welcome addition. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone with an interest in carrier aviation or the Pacific War in it's endgame Very good account of a pilots experience in WW II.
So many of these kinds of books are poorly written and edited these days, but this one is not. I have the Kindle version and it seems to have translated well.
Pictures are probably better in the print edition. Has some really salty Cockney language that is really funny, even though I do not approve or enjoy reading profanity at all, that thick accent made a difference. I'm about half way through this book. I try a lot of free samples and never buy the book, but budget or no, I had to finish this one. Also appreciate the thorough descriptions of British Navy air ops, carrier ops, carrier description, naval organization etc..
I know a lot about the equivalent for the USN, so it is nice to see the contrast and similarities. This is a story of British naval pilot training and duty in the Middle East prior to being assigned to a major aircraft carrier.
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Sea duty begins for him in the Indian ocean campaign down through to Australia and then up through the Pacific war theater against the Japanese.. It is unbelievable that more pilots probably died in accidents and mechanical problems than from actual combat. The author's training took him from England to Florida and back again to shore duty in the Middle East.
Finally aboard a major British aircraft carrier he ended the war fighting Japanese pilots off of Okinawa at wars end. I recommend the book. See all reviews.
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