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'Young Man, You'll Never Die': A World War II Fighter Pilot In North Africa, Burma & Malaya

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A British Royal Air Force pilot recounts fighting over African deserts and Asian jungles during World War II in this military memoir.

Merton Naydler joined the RAF at the age of nineteen and served for the next six years until May 1946. He flew Spitfires and Hurricanes during a tour of duty that took him to North Africa, Burma, and Malaya. This well-written and extremely entertaining memoir portray wartime life in the desert environment where sand, flies, life under canvas made living and flying a daunting experience. When Naydler was posted to Burma he was filled with “a deep and genuine dread. ” After a long uncomfortable trip, he joined 11 Squadron and was then faced with Japanese Zeroes in combat over dense tropical jungle rather than Bf 109s over a barren desert terrain. “Daytime flying was hot as hell, the humidity intense”—the author’s description of his new posting that goes on to describe life in “Death Valley, ” named because of the likeliness of falling victim to tropical disease rather than enemy aircraft …

This is the story of a sergeant pilot who learned his trade the hard way in action over Africa and then honed his combat skills in the skies over Japanese-held tropical forests where he was eventually commissioned.

© 2006 Pen & Sword Aviation (eBook ): 9781473820999

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eBook : 20 de junio de 2006

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