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Carrier Pilot
- By: Norman Hanson
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 277
In 1942, Norman Hanson learned to fly the Royal Navy's newest fighter: the US-built Chance Vought Corsair. Fast, rugged, and demanding to fly, it was an intimidating machine. But in the hands of its young Fleet Air Arm pilots, it also proved to be a lethal weapon. Posted to the South Pacific aboard HMS Illustrious, Hanson and his squadron took the fight to the Japanese. Facing a desperate and determined enemy, Kamikaze attacks, and the ever-present dangers of flying off a pitching carrier deck, death was never far away.
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Absorbing
- By Jean on 11-26-17
- Carrier Pilot
- By: Norman Hanson
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
Fascinating story told with humor and humility
Reviewed: 08-30-20
This book covers the experiences of a RNVR pilot when ho had the wonderful experience of being trained in the USA and flying off one of the most famous carriers of the Royal Navy. It describes the tumultuous times he lived through with humor and deep respect for the people he lived and fought with. It also showed the fragility of life and the tremendous tragedy of war.
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