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by Alex McDonald
Found the book to be a fantastic read. There appears, at the start to be an implication that the book is based on an actual happening. I would be greatly interested to know if this is the case. I can be contacted on pegasuscontracting@hotmail.com
Rated of 5
by Karan Gill
I just saw this book lying in my college library and having some what of a fassination for war epics picked this one up. As I read on I got more and more engrossed. I feel Hack Higgins has done an excellent piece of work on this one. Also I would like to know if this story is true or not. Please let me know on this e-mail add: Karan_gill@yahoo.com
Rated of 5
by mary davis
this is a great story....
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by Anonymous
Joachim An intriguing start, then 250 pages of boring exposition, picking up a bit at the end. For a tale of wartime aviation Higgins makes a number of embarrassing research errors. On p. 58 (Penguin pb version), the Gloucester (sic!) Gladiator should be the Gloster Gladiator. It was not an open cockpit biplane but had a sliding hood. Same page: "…fighters were outdated. The most modern planes the Russians could come up with were a few FW190s…" In 1939-40 the Fw 190, the most awesome prop fighter of the Luftwaffe from 1941 on, was barely leaving the prototype stage and was certainly not 'outdated', much less in the hands of the Russians. German aircraft designations are consistently misspelled: FW190, ME109 (should be Fw 190, Me 109). And on p. 322, Bubi …"clambered into the cockpit [of an Me 109], not bothering with a parachute…". I must confess to LOL here. Since an Me 109 pilot sat on his parachute, Bubi would barely have been able to peer over the cockpit sill… Errors like these ruin the credibility of the tale, don't you think?
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by Anonymous
Ron S Very good reading, and use of suspense and history combined. I suppose it really could have been this way. The book easily took me away from today's life styles and illuminated a stronger feeling for those responsible for the Allies winning the war. War is death and hell. Families were pawns by Hitler. I would love to see this in movie form, and see Pierce Brossnon (sp?) as lead actor.
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by Anonymous
Elizabeth Norton I would very much like to contact Mr Jack Higgins to ask where he came up with the names of the major characters. My brothers who were killed in WW2 at Hong Kong were Jack and Harry Kelso. My father served in WW1 and his name was Jack Kelso. I enjoyed the book immensely and of course the names fascinated me.
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