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Six weeks of Blenheim Summer, an RAF officer's memoir of the Battle of France 1940, Alastair Dyson Panton and Victoria Panton Bacon

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Six weeks of Blenheim Summer, an RAF officer's memoir of the Battle of France 1940, Alastair Dyson Panton and Victoria Panton Bacon

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Six weeks of Blenheim Summer

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

884015364

Responsibility statement

Alastair Dyson Panton and Victoria Panton Bacon

Sub title

an RAF officer's memoir of the Battle of France 1940

Summary

Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer is a vivid and lyrical memoir of life as an RAF reconnaissance pilot in France during the hellish summer of 1940. It brings to life the fear, loneliness and pain that Alastair Panton and his comrades came to live with during those long weeks, as well as the bravery, camaraderie and humanity that made those unpredictable days more bearable. The aeroplane Panton captained throughout this intense period was a Bristol Blenheim Mark IV. He saw the Blenheim as his friend and saviour. It was the vehicle from which he and his crew were able to spot the enemy and save

Table Of Contents

Cover; Praise; Title Page; CONTENTS; FOREWORD BY LORD GUTHRIE GCB LVO OBE DL; INTRODUCTION BY VICTORIA PANTON BACON; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER 1: ALASTAIR'S INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: BELGIUM AND PAS-DE-CALAIS; CHAPTER 3: DUNKIRK INTERLUDE; CHAPTER 4: BACK TO BATTLE; CHAPTER 5: COULOMMIERS; CHAPTER 6: CHARTRES -- MAINLY DOMESTICITY; CHAPTER 7: CHARTRES -- THE CATHEDRAL; CHAPTER 8: LA FLÈCHE; CHAPTER 9: END PIECE; A NOTE BY DAVID PANTON; PRISONER OF WAR; 'THE BOOTS'; 'THE LONGEST TUNNEL IN ENGLAND'; 'MEREDITH'; AUTHOR ENDNOTE; APPENDIX: THE BLENHEIM SOCIETY; A PROUD AND SHARP DELIGHT; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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