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Title
Above the Battle: An Air Observation Post Pilot at War
Book Title
Above the Battle: An Air Observation Post Pilot at War
ISBN
1473872758
EAN
9781473872752
Binding
Hardback
Genre
History
Height
27.94
Length
235.97
Width
164.08
Release Title
Above the Battle: An Air Observation Post Pilot at War
Artist
Ronald Lyell
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Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Name
Above the Battle: an Air Observation Post Pilot at War
Item Height
234mm
Author
Ronald Lyell Munro
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books LTD
Item Width
156mm
Subject
Government, History
Number of Pages
276 Pages

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In April 1943, a young officer arrived at Penshurst to join 'C' Flight, 653 Squadron. He was no ordinary pilot and this was no ordinary RAF outfit. Lyell Munro was a soldier and 653 was an Air Observation Post Squadron whose pilots were Royal Artillery and whose ground crew were RAF. AOP pilots were expert gunners, skilled flyers and incurable rule breakers. Flying from airstrips just behind the front lines, without armament and often with no parachute, they controlled the fire of hundreds of guns and their enemies learnt to dread the sight of the little green Austers in the skies above the battlefield. An incautious movement, a puff of smoke or a chance flash of reflected sunlight could bring tons of high explosives raining down. They flew alone without ground control, scanning the skies constantly while they directed the guns. Closing at over 250mph, an attacking ME 109 left no time for indecision. Reactions had to be instinctive and evasive action instant. Failure was fatal. After the War ended, the survivors went back into civilian life and few histories mention them or what they did.Lyell's is one of only two personal accounts that are known to exist and it is likely that there will be no more. Written for his family and his comrades in 'C' Flight it is a story told without heroics, but with a deep affection for the men with whom he flew and worked. AUTHOR: Born in Oxford in 1919, Lyell Munro was the second son of James Munro CBE, Professor of Entomology at Imperial College. He was educated at the Dragon School and Repton before going to Oxford to study Politics and Economics. When the war broke out, he joined the Royal Artillery and then volunteered to become an Air Observation Post pilot. In 1946, Lyell returned to civilian life and completed his degree at Oxford before marrying Jean, the girl who he met in 1943 at what might count as one of the longest Christmas parties of the war. After serving as a Colonial Administrator in Africa and Cyprus and then as a Senior Civil Servant in the UK he retired to Scotland. He died in 2002 and is buried in Kinloss Abbey. SELLING POINTS: . Here we have the enthralling story of Lyell Munro. Flying an unarmed Taylorcraft Auster, he landed with the Normandy invasion forces in June 1944 and fought on the front line from then until the surrender of Germany in May 1945. . He was present during the bitter fighting around Caen and Hill 112 and commanded C Flight during the Ardennes campaign and at the Rhine crossings for which he was awarded the MBE. . He witnessed first hand the liberation of the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. He witnessed first hand the liberation of the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. 40 illustrations

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Pen & Sword Books LTD
ISBN-13
9781473872752
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Author
Ronald Lyell Munro
Publication Name
Above the Battle: an Air Observation Post Pilot at War
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
276 Pages

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234mm
Item Width
156mm

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United Kingdom

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