Product Description

Gripping eyewitness stories from eighty years of British flying in war and peace Max Arthur, bestselling author of FORGOTTEN VOICES: THE GREAT WAR, presents this moving collection of first-hand accounts of life in the Royal Air Force, from 1918 to the present day. LOST VOICES OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE records the role of the RAF in World War II, and, particularly, the Battle of Britain and the desert battles of North Africa, as well as in the Falklands and in the Gulf War. Through original interviews with air and ground crew, the spirit and comradeship, the stress, courage, isolation, vulnerability and the wonder of the wartime flying experience is vividly explored.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #57783 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

About the Author
Max Arthur served in the RAF and he has written several oral history books about the armed services. He lectures on strategy and leadership.

Customer Reviews

Interesting collection
My dad was in the RAF during WW2 so books like this are of interest to me. Its a reasonable collection and gives, through individual personal stories, a sort of potted history of the RAF. Some are better than others, and overall, I'd probably recommend buying better biographies and histories than this such as Geoffrey Wellum's "First Light", Stephen Bungay's "The Most Dangerous Enemy", Matthew Parker's "The Battle of Britain", or Simon Read's "The Killing Skies". They're all much better.