Publisher - Scholastic
Author - Chris Priestley
Binding - Paperback
Pages - 144
Size - 17cm x 13cm
 
Age - 9+

Product weight 250g



 

October 1940

OCTOBER 1940 I was out, free of my aircraft, tumbling wildly in the air. I pulled the ripcord. I was jerked back by the parachute as air punched into it and I swung there like a puppet, winded and gasping for breath. I looked down at my leg. It felt like a bear was gnawing on it but it was still in one piece. For now, anyway. Then I heard it-right behind me. An Me 109 diving towards me, guns blazing. There was nothing I could do. Nowhere I could go. Shells whistled past me on either side. I just thought, OK then. if this is it, OK. Maybe my turn had finally come...

While the events described and some of the characters in this book may be based on actual historical events and real people, Harry Woods is a fictional character created by the author and his story is a work of fiction.