Author: Air Commodore Roderick Chisholm CBE, DSO, DFC
Publisher: 1953, Chatto & Windus
Pagination: 222
Format: Hardback + DJ
Condition: Very good.
1st Edition.
After completing intensive training Roderick Chisholm was thrust into the height of the Blitz to protect his country in the black of night.
Guided by rudimentary radar he, along with his fellow pilots of 604 Squadron, developed the art of night-fighter operations. Fog, friendly-fire, disorientation, a Messerschmitt surprising you from behind — night-flying was a terrifying experience, even for skilled pilots, and Chisholm provides vivid insight into the hopes and fears of these men as they endeavoured to do their best in difficult conditions.
Cover of Darkness records in fascinating detail how night-fighting progressed through the course of the war, initially through the use of radar, and later when Chisholm served in 100 Group Bomber Command developing radio counter-measures and organising fighter support for the bombers raiding Germany by night.
Contains detailed inserts from the original owner.
