Luck of the Devil: Flying Swordfish in World War Two

by Jonathan Falla and Robert Le Page

Robert le Page flew with the Fleet Air Arm from 1940 to 1945, mostly in 816 Squadron flying carrier-based Fairey Swordfish. He saw action mine-laying off Cherbourg, hunting U-boats, escorting convoys in the North Atlantic and Arctic seas and covering D-Day. Much of his early war years were aboard HMS Dasher and he was lucky to be ashore when the carrier mysteriously exploded and sank in the Clyde. This decimated 816 Squadron which was eventually re-equipped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848845448
• ISBN13: 9781848845442
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Aviation
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"