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 | A year before the start of the Second World War the UK offered the Dominions a subsidised 'Learn to fly' scheme. Harl Hogan was one of them. 'Any man would be taught to fly for a very small fee. I've forgotten how much but it was some ridiculously small amount like ten pounds', he writes. He learnt to fly on Tiger Moths - the Model T Ford of aviation. 'I was scared that I would not qualify as I was left handed and, of course, they only made right handed Tiger Moths!' Harl Hogan writes in Aussie Bomber Pilot: 'My first raid was on April 28, 1942 and was an attack on the German warship Tirpitz anchored in Trondheim Fiord, Norway. 'We must have had the most magnificent view of the fiord, lit up by flares, exploding bombs and incendiaries, searchlights, tracer bullets of all colours...Each plane carried a 4000lb blockbuster bomb - we were told it was the first use of such monster bombs.' |
| Harl Hogan, now in his nineties and living in Sydney, wrote Aussie Bomber Pilot (originally called My Battle) so that his family would know about his role in the Second World War. He even had a few paperbacks printed but it was never publicised or distributed beyond his immediate family. Not that many pilots served from 'Down Under' and even fewer of them are still alive so the account by Harl Hogan account is particularly poignant. Instead of showing you more extracts why not just try the start of the book for free - with no obligation at all to buy. Click on the link below which will let you read as far as page 29. If you then decide you want to read more, click on the Buy Now button which brings you back her to the PayPal button below - you don't even have to have a PayPal account - you can use a credit card. If your eyesight isn't as good as it was you can even zoom in on the text in the ebook. http://publishing/yudu.com/Anfho/MyBattle/ |  Harl Hogan |