- Title:
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Fly
- Written by:
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Michael Veitch
- Read by:
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Michael Veitch
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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8
- Duration:
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9 hours 14 minutes
- Published:
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August 01 2008
- Available Date:
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August 01 2008
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781742015842
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; First Hand Accounts; Historical; Military; Short Stories & Anthologies; World War II
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
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International bestseller
Winner AudioFile Earphones Award 2008
True stories of courage and adventure from the airmen of World War II.
Fly is Michael Veitch's second collection of 24 interviews with pilots, navigators and gunners - now all in their 80s - who flew during the Second World War.
Here are stories of bravery and fear, moments of terror and relief and vivid details of flying under fire. A passion for history and a boyhood obsession with World War II aircraft inspired Michael Veitch to record these stories of combat, fear and comradeship before they vanished.
"The author undertakes a personal mission to interview WWII pilots from both sides and record their war experiences before they disappear. He encounters many rich characters who are eager to talk, introducing them with dry wit in an Australian accent. Assuming the intonation of the senior citizens, even if Russian or German, he re-creates the excitement of their air battles and the sadness of remembering fallen comrades. As Veitch describes the interviews, one feels a personal involvement. After recounting a harrowing mission, one pilot remembers, 'Oh, yes. That was the first time I came back with [expletive] in my pants.' Like a good wine or a rare cheese, it seems as though these tales have become better with age, some for 60 years."
AudioFile Magazine