Table of Contents
True War Stories Series 2
Foreword Dilip Sarkar 7
Dramatis Personae 13
Author's Note 15
How to Shoot a Line 16
1 Luck: 1935-August 1939 19
2 First Blood: September 1939-25 May 1940 23
3 Dunkirk - First Patrol: Morning, 26 May 1940 27
4 More Patrols: Afternoon, 26 May 1940-27 May 1940 33
5 First Wing Patrol: 28 May 1940-30 May 1940 39
6 Dawn Patrol: Dawn, 1 June 1940 43
7 Dunkirk the Last Patrols: Morning, 1 June 1940-4 June 1940 48
8 Nocturne Militaire: 5 June 1940-30 June 1940 55
9 'A' Flight Has Some Luck: 1 July 1940-23 August 1940 63
10 A Question of Ammunition: 24 August 1940 68
11 Sad Promotion: 25 August 1940-13 September 1940 72
12 Der Tag! 14 September 1940 78
13 Out of Control: 15 September 1940-27 September 1940 86
14 Quiet Days: 28 September 1940-15 November 1940 90
15 The Day's Work: 16 November 1940-13 March 1941 95
16 In the Pale Moonlight: 14 March 1941 100
17 More Moonlight: 15 March 1941 105
18 Almost Like Old Times: 16 March 1941-8 April 1941 110
Conclusion 115
List of Illustrations 117