Torpedo Leader

Nonfiction, History, Military, Aviation, World War II, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Torpedo Leader by Patrick Gibbs, DSO, DFC & bar, Grub Street Publishing
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Author: Patrick Gibbs, DSO, DFC & bar ISBN: 9781908117571
Publisher: Grub Street Publishing Publication: August 21, 2008
Imprint: Grub Street Publishing Language: English
Author: Patrick Gibbs, DSO, DFC & bar
ISBN: 9781908117571
Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
Publication: August 21, 2008
Imprint: Grub Street Publishing
Language: English

A WWII wing commander’s “adrenaline-charged account of torpedo attacks a few feet above the sea” (The Daily Telegraph).
 
In this vivid and very personal story, written during World War II at the height of action, Patrick Gibbs expresses the frustrations, triumphs, and disasters he experienced in his roles as both a staff officer in Cairo and a Beaufort flight commander on the anti-shipping operations from Malta in 1942.
 
With photographs and maps included, this is an exciting inside look at the world of military aviation and one man’s view of the war.
 
 

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A WWII wing commander’s “adrenaline-charged account of torpedo attacks a few feet above the sea” (The Daily Telegraph).
 
In this vivid and very personal story, written during World War II at the height of action, Patrick Gibbs expresses the frustrations, triumphs, and disasters he experienced in his roles as both a staff officer in Cairo and a Beaufort flight commander on the anti-shipping operations from Malta in 1942.
 
With photographs and maps included, this is an exciting inside look at the world of military aviation and one man’s view of the war.
 
 

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