Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Publisher’s Note

The English Channel

1997

1

When we lost the starboard engine I knew we were…

2

The German connection for me was simple enough. National Service…

The Beginning

1917

3

August 1917. At 10,000 feet over the lines in France,…

Europe

1934–1941

4

Max sat on the terrace of their country house with…

5

The Blitz on London, the carnage it caused, was so…

6

It was two weeks later that Sarah Dixon left the…

Interim

1941–1943

7

Harry now found a different kind of war: desert, baking…

End-game

1943–1944

8

During October, Harry worked for West, visiting various squadrons throughout…

9

It was a day or two later that Abe Kelso…

10

Harry reported to Croydon at ten the following morning and…

11

In London two days later, and staying with Munro again,…

12

Jacaud was not what Harry had expected at all. He…

13

At Fermanville, Max was enjoying a drink in the mess…

14

At noon Bubi led the way along a corridor to…

15

A headwind slowed him down, but the flight was no…

16

Max and Molly danced on the crowded floor but he…

17

Max spent the afternoon brooding in the bedroom Carter had…

Cold Harbour

1998

18

It was almost a year to the day when Denise…

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