| Entry Text: | HEFFER, Francis Bentinck. From Cow Bells to Bell Bottoms: Wartime Experiences Extracted From Memoirs of an Ordinary Bloke. 260p., illus. Tauranga: Canrig, 1998. ISBN: 0958374872.
The author grew up on a farm, served in the volunteer reserve and joined up in 1942 to fly with the FAA. After initial training in the UK he trained as a fighter pilot in the USA. In 1944 his Corsair Squadron joined Atheling for Ceylon. After four months at Minneriya he joined Victorious, still with 1838 Sqdn. But after several operations transferred to 1833 Sqdn on Illustrious in Capetown. And spent the remainder of the war with her and the BPF, although being hospitalised with tuberculosis just as the war ended. |
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