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‘One of the Lancaster’s propeller blades sailed over my head, dangerously close, and the aircraft crashed a short distance from us ... I have never been as frightened in all my life as I was on that occasion.’  Beginning from his birth in Malabar Hill, Bombay, in 1923, Air Commodore Eric J. T. Goose gives a frank account of life as an engineer in the RAF.  Charting his career from its very beginnings as a childhood interest after a truly memorable experience with a Hawker Hurricane; he documents his rise through the ranks, life as a young Pilot Officer during WW2, travels to India and Singapore, government postings and life after retirement in this engaging autobiography.  Air Commodore Eric Goose has led an inspiring career; his enthusiasm and passion for both engineering and planes is infectious to any reader.

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