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Mosquito Night Intruder Ace: Wing Commander Bertie Rex o'Bryen Hoare DFC and Bar, DSO and Bar by Danny Burt is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mosquito Night Intruder Ace: Wing Commander Bertie Rex o'Bryen Hoare DFC and Bar, DSO and Bar about?
Bertie Rex O’Bryen Hoare was born on 6 June 1912. Having been educated at Harrow and Wye Agricultural College, ‘Sammy’, as he was often known to friends and family, entered the RAF on a short-service commission in 1936.In October 1938, while piloting a Fairy Battle Bertie sustained a serious injury from a piece of loose piece of aircraft cowling. This incident resulted in him being totally blinded in one eye. Though he was initially grounded, his determination to return to the air never diminished. The outbreak of war in September 1939, saw his wish be granted when Bertie was given permission to return to operational flying duties.Bertie was posted to 23 Squadron, which was flying Blenheims at the time. The squadron then converted to Havocs, the crews being tasked with undertaking out nighttime operations over Occupied Europe. Despite his restricted night vision and depth perception, Bertie went on to became one of the RAF’s leading advocates in the art of what was known as ‘intruder operations’.In the months and years that followed, Bertie served in, and then commanded, a number of RAF squadrons. By the time the war in Europe came to an end, he was the Station Commander at RAF Lit
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- Author
- Danny Burt
- Publisher
- Air World
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781399017862
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir