J. Douglas Harvey (1922–1998)

In this autobiography, Harvey tells us what it was like to serve as a Canadian bomber pilot in England during WW II. It is full of funny & racy anecdotes including one that involves his making love on top of a barrage balloon while it is floating hundreds of feet in the air. He also describes what it was like to sit alone in the dark in a noisy aircraft for hour after hour while waiting for the moment a German night fighter would suddenly appear out of the dark or the flack peppered you plane with shrapnel. However, it is the humour that stays with you. Harvey has also written two collections of other flyers memories entitled The Tumbling Mirth and Laughtered Silver Wings.… (más)