DIGITAL EDITION
Hurricane Pilot (eBOOK)
146 pages
Published: September 30, 2011
Non-Fiction / NB Military Heritage Series
ePub: 9780864925749 $16.95
Published by Goose Lane Editions with the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society
Harry L. Gill, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 at the age of 18. During his short but adventure-filled career, he flew a Hurricane fighter bomber over France, England, and India and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. In 1943 his airplane was shot down over Burma, and he died in the crash.
Published: September 30, 2011
Non-Fiction / NB Military Heritage Series
ePub: 9780864925749 $16.95
Published by Goose Lane Editions with the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society
Harry L. Gill, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 at the age of 18. During his short but adventure-filled career, he flew a Hurricane fighter bomber over France, England, and India and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. In 1943 his airplane was shot down over Burma, and he died in the crash.
Hurricane Pilot captures the perspective of a young man in the middle of a war in Europe and Asia. Drawing extensively on Gill's correspondence with his parents and his siblings, this very personal account of war shows how Gill was transformed from a small-town boy to a mature fighter pilot serving in a global war on another continent. His letters depict the enthusiasm of youth, a strong sense of humour, his plans for the future, and this continuing attachment to home.
Hurricane Pilot is volume 10 in the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series.
Hurricane Pilot is volume 10 in the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series.
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