Brave and Funny Memories of WWII By a P-38Fighter Pilot is
an entertaining and heart-warming book written by Lyndon Shubert.
Unlike common stories about WWII, which
tell of the horrors and the ravages of war, this book features a few light
hearted even funny, albeit still frightening, events that took place in the
author’s life during the war.
The author begins his story the night he
received his order and said goodbye to his beloved wife whom he wasn’t sure he
would see again. He was first based in Foggia, Italy in the 82nd Fighter
Group, 97th Fighter Squadron to fly the greatest fighter plane
of WWII, the P-38 Lockheed Lightning.
Because of his flying skills (at least as
assumed by the 82nd commanding officers) combined with
unelaborated ‘incidents’ of misconduct, the author was eventually transferred
to the 15th Air Force Headquarters in Bari and was assigned to
the 154th Fighter-Recon-Weather Squadron whose job was to scout
and report (by radio) the up-to-the-minute weather conditions at potential
targets to help the Headquarters decide if bombers were to be dispatched or
not.
This is a very entertaining book about the
experiences of a fighter pilot during the war. It is also a thin slice of
history, seemingly insignificant but part of history nonetheless. The author
wrote his story as he would tell it personally, with passion and a substantial
amount of humor. That makes the book, and the experience itself, sound amusing
and fun. The readers know, however, that there is nothing amusing or fun about
the war, and I commend the author for sharing his story in such a light hearted
manner because I assume that he did it deliberately to lighten up a dark part
of his life that only a veteran like himself would understand.
Congratulations to Lyndon Shubert on such
a great story! For more details about this book, click HERE.
No comments:
Post a Comment