Flight path /
Hill, David, 1942-
Flight path / David Hill. - 280 pages ; 20 cm.
A gripping novel for young adults that captures both the daring and the everyday realities of serving in the Air Force during the Second World War. Pete and Paul yelled together. 'Bandit! Nine o'clock! Bandit!' Jack spun to stare. There was the Messerschmitt on their left, streaking straight at them. Eighteen-year-old Jack wanted to escape boring little New Zealand. But he soon finds that flying in a Lancaster bomber to attack Hitler's forces brings terror as well as excitement. With every dangerous mission, he becomes more afraid that he'll never get back alive. He wants to help win the war, but will he lose his own life?
9780143770527 0143770527
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British--Teen fiction.
Teenage soldiers--Teen fiction.
Bomber pilots--Teen fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, New Zealand--Teen fiction.
Historical fiction.
War fiction.
NZ823.3
Flight path / David Hill. - 280 pages ; 20 cm.
A gripping novel for young adults that captures both the daring and the everyday realities of serving in the Air Force during the Second World War. Pete and Paul yelled together. 'Bandit! Nine o'clock! Bandit!' Jack spun to stare. There was the Messerschmitt on their left, streaking straight at them. Eighteen-year-old Jack wanted to escape boring little New Zealand. But he soon finds that flying in a Lancaster bomber to attack Hitler's forces brings terror as well as excitement. With every dangerous mission, he becomes more afraid that he'll never get back alive. He wants to help win the war, but will he lose his own life?
9780143770527 0143770527
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British--Teen fiction.
Teenage soldiers--Teen fiction.
Bomber pilots--Teen fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, New Zealand--Teen fiction.
Historical fiction.
War fiction.
NZ823.3