Beaufighter and Mosquito Operations in WWII

Beaufighter and Mosquito Operations in WWII The Memoirs of a Radar Operator Language:English Format:Hardback Dimensions:6" x 9.25" Pages:296 Photos:100 black and white integrated illustrations Publisher:Air World ISBN:9781526789570 Item No. 9781526789570 Zbyšek Ne?as was just 18, and still a high school student, when he escaped from the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia a month before the outbreak of war in 1939. He managed to make his way to Britain where he had a cousin.Ne?as enlisted in the RAF in 1940, initially being posted as an interpreter at the Czech Depot. Some of his early duties involved the interrogation of captured German aircrew. He was, however, determined to fly. That wish came not as a pilot, but as a radar operator.In time, Ne?as was posted to 68 Squadron, which throughout the war had a large number of Czech exiles on its strength – one flight was entirely Czech-manned. In this moving memoir, he details just what it was like to serve as part of an