Book Description
The Isle of Wight is a small island at the southern extremity of England, (approximately 145 square miles), but despite its size it has witnessed the premature demise of over 300 military aircraft.
Wight Air Wrecks is the definitive history of the aircraft that crashed onto the island or into the coastal waters that surround it. It covers the period from 1913 up to the present day.
From the Author
Wight Air Wrecks seeks to chronicle the military aircraft that, from the early pioneering flights of local manufacturers such as J S White and Samuel Saunders of Cowes through the wartime conflicts and up to the present day, have crashed either onto the Island or into its coastal waters; and to provide a tribute to the triumph and tragedy that goes hand in hand with prototype development,test flying and the savagery of modern air warfare. The work seeks to achieve a balance between a dry statistical monologue and a personalised insight into modern local history.
