| Entry Text: | WALLACE, Gordon. Carrier Observer: A Back-Seat Aviator's Story. 217p., bibliog., illus., index. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1993. ISBN: 0850596602.
Wallace joined the FAA in 1940 and after training joined 831 Squadron with Indomitable in September 1941. After action against the Japanese and a brief spell in Kenya she went to the Mediterranean but was damaged in the Pedestal convoy action. The author returned to the UK and joined 18 Squadron of the RAF, which promptly moved to Algiers. He was badly wounded in December 1942 and returned to the UK. After a period as an instructor he joined 812 Squadron flying Barracudas in June 1944. The Squadron operated from Vengeance, which was based in the Mediterranean. |
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