| Entry Text: | SHEARS, Doug. Damn my two left feet….. and how I flew with them. 178p., ill. Timaru, N.Z.: Jeff Mill & Associates, 2001. ISBN: 0958228000.
The autobiography of a New Zealander dominated by his war service in the UK. From 1944 Shears flew with 516 Combined Operations Squadron which provided air support for Combined Operations training exercises in amphibious landings. As the landing craft approached the training beaches to discharge their troops, elements from the squadron would lay smoke and/or strafe the area to simulate the conditions the troops would encounter on enemy held shores. The Squadron also helped to calibrate the radar of the newly commissioned Fighter Direction Tenders. Much of the training and the squadron were located in the west of Scotland. |
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