Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-DEC-04
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Christie, Carl A.
Article Excerpt
Through Eyes of Blue: Personal Memories of the RAF from 1918. By Wing Commander A.E. Ross, DFC, ed. Shrewsbury UK: Alrlife Publishing Ltd, 2002. Photographs. Index. Pp. 352. $34.95. ISBN 184037-345-8
Leonard Cheshire, as Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire puts it in the introduction to this fascinating fund-raising volume, "was without doubt one of the most remarkable officers ever to serve in the Royal Air Force." The famous World War II bomber pilot not only won the Victoria Cross, his nation's highest award for gallantry, but also after the war he used his fame for the betterment of society, establishing the first Cheshire...
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