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First Light

A Spitfire pilot's bestselling memoir of the Battle of Britain and WW2

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First Light

Yazan: Geoffrey Wellum
Seslendiren: Andrew Brooke
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of First Light by Geoffrey Wellum, read by Andrew Brooke.

Two months before the outbreak of the Second World War, eighteen-year-old Geoffrey Wellum becomes a fighter pilot with the RAF...

Desperate to get in the air, he makes it through basic training to become the youngest Spitfire pilot in the prestigious 92 Squadron. Thrust into combat almost immediately, Wellum finds himself flying several sorties a day, caught up in terrifying dogfights with German Me 109s.

Over the coming months he and his fellow pilots play a crucial role in the Battle of Britain. But of the friends that take to the air alongside Wellum many never return.

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Vivid, wholly convincing, compelling. One of the best memoirs for years about the experience of flying in war (Max Hastings)
It took him 35 years to turn his notebooks into a narrative, and the result is a highly personal account of what it is like to face mortal combat, day and night, and what it does to a man who is barely more than a boy (Ben Macintyre)
An intimate account . . . rich in detail
An extraordinarily deeply moving and astonishingly evocative story. Reading it, you feel you are in the Spitfire with him, at 20,000ft, chased by a German Heinkel, with your ammunition gone
A brilliantly fresh, achingly written memoir. Thrilling and frightening on virtually every page . . . Wellum takes you into battle with him. A book for all ages and generations, a treasure
Amazingly fresh and immediate . . . absolutely honest, it is an extraordinarily gripping and powerful story
There have been countless books about the Battle of Britain. But the combination of immediacy - Geoffrey Wellum had jotted down notes in an exercise book at the time - and distance - another 35 years would pass before he expanded his notes into a narrative - gives this account extraordinary depth and resonance . . . First Light will rank among the finest of Second World War memoirs
One of the most gripping personal accounts of aerial warfare ever written
Wellum's story is astonishing . . . moving yet startlingly clear-eyed
No other account of flying in the Battle of Britain has been articulated as well as Geoffrey's in First Light
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An excellent tale from the heady days of the Battle of Britain. Well worth hearing.

Cracking tale and well worth hearing.

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So well related by Geoffrey Wellum, you feel like you are with him all the way from basic training to test pilot. An immersing story by one of the “few” to who we owe such a great debt. I know you have gone to join your friends and comrades now. THANK YOU ALL

Inspirational

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this is probably the best war flying memoir I have listened to. Superb story fantastic writing and utterly compelling.

memorable story

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a great account of how flying in a squadron of spitfires ticks all the right boxes .... super read

fly high

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Brings WWII to life. Bless that generation for their sacrifice. That old school British way of being as gone.

Probably the best audiobook I've ever listened to.

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