The Best of Luck
In the Royal Air Force
1935 – 1946
An autobiography of luck, mostly good, some not so good
Dennis Conroy
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356 pages
Black & White photographs
Paperback
Dennis Conroy was born in the famous seaport of Plymouth, England from where the Mayflower Pilgrims set out on their epic voyage to America. From an early age he was interested in aviation and, as a youngster, would spend hours at a time watching the flying boats and seaplanes taking off from and alighting on Plymouth Sound.
At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the Royal Air Force and trained as an armourer. Rapidly volunteering for overseas service, he was sent to Heliopolis, near Cairo in Egypt, joining 208 Squadron equipped with hawker Audax two-
Subsequently, Conroy trained as a fighter pilot and flew Hurricane and Typhoon fighter-
These memoirs do not consist solely of air combat missions but, in addition, include many interesting incidents in Middle East (Western Desert) and the European theatres of World War II, amongst which was attachment to the United States 8th Air Force to criticise and advise on the armament procedures of their flying fortress squadrons.
One chapter describes the author's four-
Published by
Trafford Publishing
Suite 6E
2333 Government Street
Victoria
British Columbia
Canada
2003