My Golden Flying Years

This lively, funny memoir by a World War I pilot is “recommended for its rare view of the RAF in its nascent years and beyond” ( Over the Front ). Annotated by aviation historian Norman Franks, this is the autobiography of an early RAF pilot that conveys the sense of giddy adventure that existed among these elite flyers. The story begins in France in late 1918, when D’Arcy Greig was flying FE2b night bombers, then through the early 1920s as he served in Iraq, piloting Bristol Fighters for three