Tom Neil
Birth date: July 14, 1920
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This is Tom Neil's memoir, covering the years 1938 to 1942, when he went from a trainee pilot in the Royal Air Force (RAF) to a full-fledged fighter pilot who saw action in 2 of the most crucial, decisive battles of the Second World War: the Battle of Britain and the Siege of Malta. At 95, Neil i...
"THE SILVER SPITFIRE" is one of the most delightful and colorful Second World War memoirs I've ever read. It begins with the author, then a young RAF squadron leader leading a group of Spitfires on a training flight in November 1943. Shortly thereafter, he (Neil) is transferred to serve (temporar...
This is one of the BEST Second World War pilot memoirs I’ve ever read. Personable and engaging, the author (Neil) makes the reader feel very much a part of his story. Neil relates the particulars of his life from growing up in Liverpool in the 1920s and 1930s to when he gained admittance into ...
This book is the author's account of his experiences as an RAF fighter pilot on the island of Malta between May and November 1941, a time in which the Germans and Italian air forces dominated the Mediterranean and set themselves to neutralizing Malta. (Malta was key to Britain's hopes of staying in ...
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