Spitfire deserter? : the American pilot who went missing
Simpson, Bill2019
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In the early morning of 20th April 1942, 47 Spitfire Vs of 601 and 603 Squadrons of the Auxiliary Air Force launched from the deck of the American aircraft carrier USS Wasp, which had sailed to a position in the western Mediterranean Sea north of Algiers. The planes were bound for Malta. At the time, the island was under heavy siege by Axis naval and air forces. Salvatore Walcott's Spitfire never made it; he crash landed in North Africa, part of Vichy France. After attempting to escape twice, Walcott was liberated by the Allies at the end of 1942, He returned to the UK and joined the US Army Air Corps and continued to serve as a pilot until the end of the war and afterwards with USAF during the Berlin airlift.
Main title:
Spitfire deserter? : the American pilot who went missing / Bill Simpson.
Author:
Simpson, Bill, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2019.
Collation:
288 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes QR code.Originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445696225 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.544941940.5449B WAL940.544941 SIM
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
665265
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