An Account Of Bristol Fighter Pilot: From A Mechanic To A Volunteered Pilot - Paperback

by Mario Joffrion (Author)

You've probably heard a lot of stories about the Second World War but what about the First one? Let this book give you a chance to hear one of thousands of World War I stories out there by purchasing a copy today! Trust me, you won't regret it.
Ron Adair was a mechanic in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia in 1916, and an original member of 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps. After service in Egypt as a mechanic, Adair volunteered for pilot training and flew with 1 Sqn for the remainder of the war from February 1918, completing 60 operational sorties, shooting down several enemy aircraft, surviving forced landings, and returning to Australia. He had a successful post-war career in civil aviation, especially in WW2, but this is not part of this book.
Adair was typical of the young volunteers of the time when aviation was in its infancy. They flew in open cockpits, had only warm clothes against the cold of high flying, had no voice radio communications, no parachutes, and were bombed by estimating the position below of the target. There were no set tours of operational flying.
Many other pilots and observers in 1 Sqn were veterans of Gallipoli and actions in the Desert and set high standards for the rest of the aircrew. Adair had to meet those standards on operational flights over enemy territory