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'It has everything a war memoir should have' LEN DEIGHTON 'OF ALL THE AIRCRAFT I HAD EVER SEEN, THESE WERE THE MOST WICKED-LOOKING BASTARDS. THE CORSAIR LOOKED TRULY VICIOUS ...' In 1942 Norman Hanson learnt 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 desparate and determined enemy, Kamikaze attacks and the ever-present dangers of flying off a pitching carrier deck, death was never far away. Brought to life in vivid, visceral detail, Carrier Pilot is one of the finest aviator's memoirs of the war; an awe-inspiring, thrilling, sometimes terrifying account of war in the air. PRAISE FOR CARRIER PILOT 'Just outstanding. Carrier Pilot is up there with First Light and The Big Show as one of the best pilot's memoirs of WWII.' ROWLAND WHITE, AUTHOR OF VULCAN 607 ' Hanson's thrilling memoir takes you right into the cockpit in a way few writers have ever managed. The lethal world of t

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Author

Hanson, Norman

Publisher

Silvertail Books

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781909269606

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Biography, War & Espionage

Rating

4.2 / 5 (1,330 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14