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050 00 $aD786$b.W45 2002
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100 1 $aWellum, Geoffrey.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2001084570
245 10 $aFirst light :$bthe true story of the boy who became a man in the war-torn skies above Britain /$cGeoffrey Wellum.
260 $aHoboken, N.J. :$bWiley,$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $axiv, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, portraits ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aOriginally published: London ; New York : Viking, c2002.
520 1 $a"In First Light, Geoffrey Wellum tells the inspiring, often terrifying true story of his coming of age amid the roaring, tumbling dogfights of the fiercest air war the world had ever seen. It is the story of an idealistic schoolboy who couldn't believe his luck when the RAF agreed to take him on as a "pupil pilot" at the minimum age of seventeen and a half in 1939. In his fervor to fly, he gave little thought to the coming war.".
520 8 $a"Writing with wit, compassion, and a great deal of technical expertise, Wellum relives his grueling months of flight training, during which two of his classmates crashed and died. He describes a hilarious scene during his first day in the prestigious 92nd Squadron when his commader discovered that Wellum had not only never flown a Spitfire, he'd never even seen one.".
520 8 $a"A battle-hardened ace by the winter of 1941, though still not out of his teens, Boy flew scores of missions as fighter escort on bombing missions over France. Yet the constant life-or-death stress of murderous combat and anguish over the loss of his closest friends sapped endurance. Tortured by fierce headaches, even in the midst of battle, he could not bear the thought of "not pulling your weight," of letting the other pilots risk their lives in his place.
520 8 $aWellum's frank account of his long, losing bout with battle fatigue is both moving and enlightening."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aWellum, Geoffrey.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2001084570
650 0 $aFighter pilots$zGreat Britain$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103713
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, British.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005501
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, British.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148277
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley031/2002044605.html
852 00 $boff,glx$hD786$i.W45 2002