V M Yeates: 2 books

‘The greatest novel of war in the air.’ - The Daily Mail  France, 1914.  The war on the land is taking to the skies.  Pilot Tom Cundall is ready to take on the enemy in his trusty Camel fighter plane.  But as he sees more and more planes shot down in flames, he begins to...

There is no bitter snarl nor self-pity in this classic novel about the air war of 1914-1918, based very largely on the author's experiences. Combat, loneliness, fatigue, fear, comradeship, women, excitement - all are built into a vigorous and authentic structure by one of the most valiant pilots of the then Royal Flying Corps.