Airframes
Benevolens Magister
David, if you can obtain a copy, it's well worth it. The author (now sadly deceased) was a somewhat sensitive man, an artist in training pre-war, and an art lecturer/teacher post war.
The narrative is made up mostly from extremely detailed diary entries he kept when posted to Malta, having previously flown a large number of fighter sweeps over France. These provide the reader with a 'view' of the island, along with photographs and sketches made at the time, and describe the horrendous conditions, literally endless bombing, lack of food, water, electricity, and the daily horrors, some controversial in content, as in the shooting of survivors, parachuting airmen and so on, on both sides.
The narrative is made up mostly from extremely detailed diary entries he kept when posted to Malta, having previously flown a large number of fighter sweeps over France. These provide the reader with a 'view' of the island, along with photographs and sketches made at the time, and describe the horrendous conditions, literally endless bombing, lack of food, water, electricity, and the daily horrors, some controversial in content, as in the shooting of survivors, parachuting airmen and so on, on both sides.
