| Entry Text: | DRUCKER, Graham Roy. Wings Over the Waves: Fleet Air Arm Strike Leader against Tirpitz, The Biography of Lt Cdr Roy Baker-Falkner DSO DSC RN. xi, 388p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2010. ISBN: 1848843054.
BF or Daddy as he was known, started his career at Dartmouth and then spent his early seagoing years in Hong Kong, Nagasaki and Hiroshima. His wartime experiences as a Fleet Air pilot aboard Glorious included the attack on Taranto and the search for the Graf Spee. In May 1940 he was loaned to Coastal Command and attacked German tanks in a biplane, defended Allied troops over Dunkirk and was one of the few naval officers to fight in the Battle of Britain. After a period as a test pilot at Boscombe Down he became one of only four Wing Leaders in the Royal Navy. His successful leadership led to many more successes, not least the crippling of Tirpitz. Tragically he was killed in action in July 1944, one week prior to promotion and a job ashore. |
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