ISBN 9781909166134 Format Hardback Dimensions 234 x 156
The sequel to the best-selling The Lightning Boys, Lightning Boys 2
is a must-have companion and continues the theme of tales from pilots
and other crew connected with this iconic aircraft, giving a rare
insight into postwar fighter operations. In 20 separate stories to
intrigue, amaze and amuse, the book has also been compiled and written
by Richard Pike.
The reader is taken to situations as diverse as intercepting 60
plus enemy aircraft, a desperate struggle in a cockpit flooded by
tropical downpours, the difficulties of being affected by sudden and
painful toothache at high altitude, and the curious encounter with an
unidentified flying object. Yet another chapter paints a dramatic
reconstruction of a scene in Germany when a Lightning, having entered an
inadvertent, out-of-control spin, began an earthwards plunge towards a
town centre.
