WGFB: Night Raiders of the Air

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Book Title:

Night Raiders of the Air

Author:

A.R. Kingsford

ISBN:

1-85367-009-X

Category:

Autobiography

Format:

Paperback

Summary:

'Being the experiences of a night flying pilot, who raided Hunland on many dark nights during the War.' Copyrighted in 1930, the 211pp book is the memoire of Reg Bellingham-Kingsford who was born in Kent but emigrated to New Zealand where he enlisted in the Medical Corps. Surviving his troopship's torpedoing in the Med, in 1917 he transferred to the RFC flying the FE2b, initially with 33(HD) Sqn in Lincolnshire doing anti-Zeppelin work before joining 100 Sqn in France, which covers the bulk of the well-written narrative dealing with daily (or should that be nightly) life on the sqn. He survived being shot down and also being subject to bombing raids against the airfield by German intruders. An interesting personal account of a less glamorous, but no less dangerous, aspect of WWI flying.

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[Flying Officer Kyte]

sounds like another Need to know book Balders. The two seater action will certainly be better understood by us all with a bit more first hand information. You never know we may even get to prefer flying those kites.
Rob.

[Jager]

Certainly would give a new perspective on the war.
Karl

[Baxter]

I picked this up in my favourite booksellers the other day for $25. A very good read so far. It really brings atmosphere into it being both a well written and fascinating account of the night bombing war.