| Entry Text: | HANSON, Norman. Carrier Pilot: An Unforgettable True Story of Wartime Flying. 255p., illus. Cambridge: PSL, 1979. ISBN: 0850593492.
Another enjoyable account of service in the Fleet Air Arm, full of anecdote and clear technical explanations. The author describes his career from volunteering in 1940, through training in the US, to service in the Middle East and finally to joining Illustrious, with which he served in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, rising to the eminence of squadron commander. |
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