Table of Contents

Foreword by G/C Kenneth McDonald, OBE, DFC, RAF (Ret’d)
Preface
Introduction by F/L William H. Dixon, RCAF (Ret’d)
List of Maps and Illustrations

PART I: In for a Penny
1 -- First Steps into War
2 -- Wireless School in the West
3 -- Gunnery School and Real Warplanes
4 -- On the High Seas with HMS Rodney
5 -- London and the Blitz – First Loss of Innocence
6 -- Yatesbury Wireless School – Collision of Cultures
7 -- Operational Training: The "Wimpy"

PART II: In for a Pound
8 -- Operational – "The Glamour Period Is Over"
9 -- Unto the Breach – Final Erosion of Innocence
10 -- Blooded Members of the Club
11 -- Adventures on Squadron Leave
12 -- Long Night to Berlin
13 -- Fear, Courage, and LMF
14 -- The End of the Beginning – A New Captain and Crew
15 -- Off to a Different War – Gibraltar, Malta, and Egypt

PART III: The Remaining Fifteen Shillings
16 -- The Land of the Pharaohs
17 -- Kabrit – Into the Desert War
18 -- In Support of Eighth Army
19 -- A Fine Line to Mutiny
20 -- The Mail Run
21 -- Tymbaki – A Cruel Victory
22 -- A Costly Assault on Sicily and Leros

PART IV: All Spent
23 -- Our Last Bomb Runs
24 -- Mission Behind Enemy Lines
25 -- Exit from Egypt
26 -- South Africa – Uncle Percy’s Boers
27 -- Christmas Convoy
28 -- A "Screen Tour" and Tragic News
29 -- The End of My Odyssey – Going Home

Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Wing Commander T.W.H. (Howard) Hewer, CD, RCAF (retired), flew operations in Bomber Command during the Second World War as a wireless operator in 148 and 218 Sqdns. He has received the Queen’s Coronation Medal, the Queen’s Golden Anniversary Medal, the Malta George Cross Fiftieth Anniversary Medal, and the Canadian Special Service Medal. Hewer lives in Toronto with his wife, Doris.

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