Jacobson was a young Jewish man from Montreal who joined the RCAF in 1940. He took his training as an Observer in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan when infrastructure was still being built and the curriculum was still being developed. He survived the training despite some close calls and went to England in May 1942. More training and eventually the was assigned to 106 Squadron as an observer on Hampden bombers. Good description of the Hampden and its bad flying characteristics.
The book is a biography of Joey Jacobson. The author Usher used Joey's extensive diaries, letters home to his parents, letters to friends in Montreal and other units as well as the letters Joey's father wrote him from Montreal. Joey kept an official flight diary but more importantly, an unofficial diary that after his death was smuggled back to Canada by a friend.
The diary is full of flying information as well Joey's view of the war, his friends, the RAF and his future after the war. There is a great amount of detail here but it is a surprisingly easy read. Great descriptions of social life in the UK during the war. Joey was not a great fan of the British people and especially the tradition bound RAF and its prewar social strata… (mer)
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The book is a biography of Joey Jacobson. The author Usher used Joey's extensive diaries, letters home to his parents, letters to friends in Montreal and other units as well as the letters Joey's father wrote him from Montreal. Joey kept an official flight diary but more importantly, an unofficial diary that after his death was smuggled back to Canada by a friend.
The diary is full of flying information as well Joey's view of the war, his friends, the RAF and his future after the war. There is a great amount of detail here but it is a surprisingly easy read. Great descriptions of social life in the UK during the war. Joey was not a great fan of the British people and especially the tradition bound RAF and its prewar social strata… (mer)