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The Gun Garden
The Gun Garden
The Gun Garden
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The Gun Garden

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  A young Royal Air Force Pilot is sent on a dangerous mission in Malta in this WWII novel of love and war.
 
Malta, 1942. As the Second World War rages, the strategically vital Mediterranean island of Malta is isolated, desperately short of supplies, and slowly being starved into surrender. Into this hopeless situation, the British send two Wellington aircraft equipped with secret long-range radar. Their role is to find enemy convoys proceeding at night from Italy to Africa, and to lead a tiny naval force through the darkness to their unsuspecting target.
 
One is captained by a veteran R.A.F. pilot, the other is flown by Peter Forrester, a young and hastily trained kid is about to have his carefree spirit tested by the maelstrom of war. Thrown into this island of heroes, Peter also meets Miranda Black, daughter of a naval captain and a plotter in Barracca H.Q. Written by acclaimed author and R.A.F. veteran David Beaty, The Gun Garden is an authentic tale of gritty battle and young love.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 28, 2020
ISBN9781788639910
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    Beaty flew bombers in WW II and this background comes out clearly in his descriptions of piloting a Blenheim Bomber, life on a WW II RAF base and war time conditions in England. The mixture of flying bombing missions and ghosts of airmen from WW I seemed to me a bit odd. One moment we are immersed in the war and then people are seeing and hearing strange dogs and airplanes that do not appear to exist. For me it was not a comfortable mix but then that could just me me.The description of a pilot landing safely in a fog because a WW I DH4 led him in reminded me of C. S. Foresters short story, The Shepard.

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