- Paperback: 420 pages
- Publisher: Lulu.com (4 May 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1411694333
- ISBN-13: 978-1411694330
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 34,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
 Trade In this Item for up to £6.10
Trade in Boy Entrant for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £6.10, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Plus, get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Product Description
"You're in the Air Force now!" Screamed the corporal drill instructor, and with those words a boyish adventure suddenly turned into reality. There was no turning back after accepting the Queen's shilling - even if you were only 15 years old. But the boy had more to fear from his peers than from the drill instructors. An underground culture ruled by night, as he and the other boy-recruits struggled through rigorous physical and technical training by day. This life was not without adventure - the mule-like kick of a Lee Enfield rifle against a young shoulder; the experience of a first flight; outdoor life under canvas at summer camp; performing at the Royal Tournament and the ever-present girls attracted to the uniform.
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A very good read especially for those of us who were also Boy Entrants. Brian Carlin has amazing recall and, despite a couple of minor inaccuracies, the detail takes one back to those interesting days. Would also be of interest to anyone who has served in the forces.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Not only was I 29th Entry at St Athan but I know Brian!! What a life we lived, from children to men in a very short 18 months training.
I picked up the book and sat in my home office chair and began reading to relive the every day experiences again, from exiting the train at Gileston Station to our final passing out parade inside the Drill Hall, watched by our nearest and dearest,as it poured down outside, but I rush. I could not put it down, his experiences had been mine from 'square bashing' to 'wings' from 'bulling' to 'senior entries' and the joy of becoming 'The' senior entry. How did we do it, in some cases I don't know, but we enjoyed every moment of the journey, and you will too if you read this 'factual' experience. Tragically the 29th Entry are now, like me, in our seventieth year of our lives, but we had a great time in the Royal Air Force Boy Entrants and I commend this epistle to you.
I picked up the book and sat in my home office chair and began reading to relive the every day experiences again, from exiting the train at Gileston Station to our final passing out parade inside the Drill Hall, watched by our nearest and dearest,as it poured down outside, but I rush. I could not put it down, his experiences had been mine from 'square bashing' to 'wings' from 'bulling' to 'senior entries' and the joy of becoming 'The' senior entry. How did we do it, in some cases I don't know, but we enjoyed every moment of the journey, and you will too if you read this 'factual' experience. Tragically the 29th Entry are now, like me, in our seventieth year of our lives, but we had a great time in the Royal Air Force Boy Entrants and I commend this epistle to you.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I like Brian was also in the 29th entry but I was stationed at RAF Cosford. The book is very well written and soon started to bring flooding back memories of my own. How Brian could recall all that detail after 50+ years is amazing! Wish my grey cells would work as well as Brian's, maybe it was the Irish blood!
Well worth the buy especially if you are an ex 'Boy' or are interested in how the RAF trained the backbone of it's serving members during the later part of the 20th century.
Well done Brian!
Well worth the buy especially if you are an ex 'Boy' or are interested in how the RAF trained the backbone of it's serving members during the later part of the 20th century.
Well done Brian!
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Was this review helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Look back in time
Of general entertaining interest about a time when the RAF was recruiting young men[ie boys].
Of great interest to those who were directly involved,me being one. Read more
Of great interest to those who were directly involved,me being one. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Andy
A Gem
As one who was an RAF apprentice in the early 1960's I found this book excellent. A well researched and well remembered account of the Boy Entrants who grew to be men in RAF... Read more
Published on 15 April 2010 by J. N. Bullock
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
