Onward to Malta: Memoirs of a Hurricane Pilot in Malta -1941

249 Squadron ack-ack ahead Air Force aircraft airfield airscrew appeared Ark Royal arrived attack battle Battle of Britain began Blenheims blighters bombers bombs Butch chap climbed cloud coast cockpit Comiso Commander convoy patrols Crossey dark dawn deck destroyers direction dispersal distance Douglas Bader dropped east eight enemy aircraft escort everything eyes Eyeties face feet fighter Filfla fire flak flew Flight Lieutenant flown flying following day Fulmar going Grand Harbour ground guns head heard Huns Hurricanes intercepted island Italian Kalafrana Kali knew landed later looked Luqa Macchi 200s Malta Maltese Mark Meanwhile mess miles mind minutes months mosquitos moving Navy never night North Weald occasion officer Pantelleria parachute pilots Rabat Savoia scramble seemed Sergeant ship shot Sicily sight silence smoke someone Ta Kali tanks target things thought took turned Valletta Victor Beamish watched weather Wing Commander wings