About this ebook
A British squadron-leader and a German sea-captain engage in a deadly battle of nerves in this WWII thriller from a former RAF pilot.
Deep in a Norwegian fjord hides the German merchant-cruiser Groningen. Squadron-leader Guy Strickland knows it is there, but Military Intelligence refuses to take his word on the critical threat. Strickland leads his exhausted squadron into the air to take the vital photographic evidence—but only his plane returns.
Determined to avenge the lives of his fallen men, Strickland becomes obsessed with the Groningen. The maverick pilot enters into a bitter struggle to the death with the enemy. So begins a remorseless contest of wills between Brit and German, between the plane and the ship . . .Ratings and reviews
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About the author
David Beaty was a former RAF pilot, novelist and non-fiction writer whose books about flying earned him worldwide reputation.
Born in Ceylon in 1919, Beaty was educated at Kingswood, Bath and Merton College, Oxford. He became an RAF pilot during WWII, where he excelled, but gave up a life in the Air Force to write full-time. However, his experiences informed his many novels. In 1960, Cone of Silence was made into a film starring Peter Cushing and George Sanders. He was on the staff of the College of Air Training, was an associate member of the British Airline Pilots’ Association, and a Companion of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
