Winged Escort
Apr 2014 · Random House
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Winged Estcort from the bestselling author of WWll sea adventure, including the hugely popular Bolitho novels written under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.
As the grim years of the Second World War go by, the destruction of Allied shipping mounts. Out of the terrible loss of men and ships, the escort carrier is born. At twenty-six, fighter pilot Tim Rowan, RNVR, is already a veteran of many campaigns. Now he joins the escort carrier, GROWLER, a posting which takes him first to the bitter waters of the Arctic and all the misery of convoy duty to Murmansk, and then south to the Indian Ocean and the strange new terror of the Japanese Kamikaze. . .
As the grim years of the Second World War go by, the destruction of Allied shipping mounts. Out of the terrible loss of men and ships, the escort carrier is born. At twenty-six, fighter pilot Tim Rowan, RNVR, is already a veteran of many campaigns. Now he joins the escort carrier, GROWLER, a posting which takes him first to the bitter waters of the Arctic and all the misery of convoy duty to Murmansk, and then south to the Indian Ocean and the strange new terror of the Japanese Kamikaze. . .
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Michael Capel-Davies
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August 22, 2020
A moving and enthralling story of members of the Fleet Air Arm during the latter stages of the Second World War.
Peter Oates
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April 6, 2020
I have all of Douglas Reamans books and can honestly say that this is one of the best I've read. Thanking you sincerely Yours p.j.oates.
Anthony Peck
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September 9, 2014
Close to his best I have read
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About the author
Douglas Reeman did convoy duty in the navy in the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the North Sea. He has written over thirty novels under his own name and more than twenty bestselling historical novels featuring Richard Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.
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