'I Wish I Had Your Wings'

August 1942, British forces launched Operation Pedestal in an attempt to deliver supplies to the stricken island of Malta, an Allied base that had been under Axis blockade for months. From 9 to 15 August, a convoy of some fifty ships ran the gauntlet of Axis bombers, submarines, E-boats and minefields. Of the original fourteen merchant vessels, only five reached Malta Grand Harbour. In ‘I Wish I Had Your Wings’ , Angus Mansfield relates the experiences of two men involved in Pedestal, Captain Da