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Bring Back My Stringbag (Paperback)

by John Godley Kilbracken (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd; 2nd Revised edition edition (Jun 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0850524954
  • ISBN-13: 978-0850524956
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 14 x 2.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 975,721 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This vivid account by Lord Kilbracken of his 5 years in the Fleet Air Arm during WW2 provides a remarkab le picture of personal dealings with Swordfish aircraft. At the same time he reveals what a significant role they played in the hostilities. '

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4.0 out of 5 stars well done!, 3 May 2000
This book is an excellent chronicle of life in a stringbag squadron. After studying swordfish history since finding out that my grandmother built them at sherburn,and listening to some of the crew members tales at meeting, it is good to see that some of these memoirs are immortalised in print. This book is so well written that you live the experiences with the author,and the love that he shows for his plane makes me proud that my grandmother did a good job in building them.
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4.0 out of 5 stars @Bring back my Stringbag' by John Kilbracken, 21 Sep 2009
By Mrs. R. Langford (U.K.) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book (paper back copy) for my 87 year-old father who was a Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot in WW2. Following research in Naval Archives I was able to identify this book and easily obtain it from Amazon. The book gives an account of the exploits of a Fleet Air Arm Swordfish pilot (John Godley)through from his enlistment into the FAA, training on the 'Stringbags' (affectionate name for the Swordfish plane), and his sorties between 1940 and 1945, - in particular those from the air-craft carrier HMS Nairana (from which my father also flew during the war). The book brought back memories for my father, it was a good birthday present and a good read. I have since read the book and have now greater empathy with what it must have been like to fly from a ship in icy, heavy seas on the Arctic Covoys. Brave men!Sea Flight: A Fleet Air Arm Pilot's StoryUp in Harm's Way: Flying with the Fleet Air ArmElite 165: The British Fleet Air Arm in World War II (Elite)
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