Informative look at WWII from the perspective of one RAF pilot and his family. The book appears to be very well-researched with details from other sources to supplement and support her grandparents notes and memories of the war.

Review: This is quite a different book to what a normal read although I do enjoy  biographies. 

This is written well with great depth and passion. I really enjoyed reading the real life tales of a pilot.

Written by his daughter many years later as he kept most of his family in the dark about his war years, this excellent book about RAF pilot Robert "Bob" Allen turned out to be an entertaining read on the subject for me. I had just finished several books on WWII, so it fit right in perfectly but was more enjoyable of a book, and the pages went by easier somehow.

Allen, having recently lost both parents and working in the cement industry in England when the war broke out, decided to join the military, and had recently completed his flying training. Newly married at age 20, his young wife is living in rented digs in London and working as a teacher of little children. Once he is trained, he's sent off to an undisclosed place for a long period of the war and is separated from his young bride. Off he goes, to Africa, where he's assigned to a mission. It will be a long time before he sees his young wife again.

This is a wonderful book about wartime experiences, both from his side and from her viewpoint back home. He didn't share most of this with his family until his children were grown, and he went through some extraordinary experiences that they were unaware of until then. It's quite an amazing story and very much worth reading, especially for history and WWII lovers.

An advance digital copy was provided by NetGalley and author Suzanne Campbell-Jones, for my honest review

Osprey Publishing
March 20, 2018

A brilliant insight into the world of a RAF pilot during WWII.
Well written and entertaining.