WGFB:Don't Let Them Bag the Nines: The First World War Memoir of a de Havilland Pilot

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Book Title:

Don't Let Them Bag the Nines: The First World War Memoir of a de Havilland Pilot

Author:

Captain F. Williams MC DFC CdG

ISBN:

9780750991315

Category:

Biography

Format:

Hardback

Summary:

The memoir of Captain Frederick Williams, who flew D.H.4's in photo reconnaissance and bomber raids over Germany in the latter part of the great war.
Produced from a manuscript found in an old First World War trunk together with his medals, logbooks and plane parts.
I found this an easy read, it is simply told, lacking in some detail and a little repetitive but interesting nonetheless as it dealt with a tandem pilot's recollections and gave me an insight to how things worked in a DH.4 in a conversational manner:
The pilot did the bombing, the observer had emergency controls in the rear, a communication cord between pilot & observer (tied to pilots arm), 4 guns carried, that sort of thing.
Available on Kindle for 99p at time of writing so well worth a read at that price.