Carrier Pilot

De: Norman Hanson

Narrado por: Chris MacDonnell

In 1942, Norman Hanson learned to fly the Royal Navy's newest fighter: the US-built Chance Vought Corsair. Fast, rugged, and demanding to fly, it was an intimidating machine. But in the hands of its young Fleet Air Arm pilots, it also proved to be a lethal weapon.

Posted to the South Pacific aboard HMS Illustrious, Hanson and his squadron took the fight to the Japanese. Facing a desperate and determined enemy, Kamikaze attacks, and the ever-present dangers of flying off a pitching carrier deck, death was never far away.

Brought to life in vivid, visceral detail, Carrier Pilot is one of the finest aviators' memoirs of the war; an awe-inspiring, thrilling, sometimes terrifying, account of war in the air.

©2016 Norman Hanson (P)2017 Tantor

An excellent story

I’m usually a fan of US Naval aviation. This was an excellent look into British Naval Aviation during World War II. I would love to hear or read more accounts.

A Pleasant Surprise

I found this book to be very interesting and particularly enjoyed the understated British humor that was woven throughout the story. Well narrated and it holds one’s interest throughout.

Awesome!

awesome story and one of the best narrations I have heard on audible. really worth it.

A great tale well told.

This is the only book Mr. Hanson wrote? The writing entertainingly sparkles with such life, details, pacing, word choice, etc..

it is so well written that I am left me curious.

Fascinating story told with humor and humility

This book covers the experiences of a RNVR pilot when ho had the wonderful experience of being trained in the USA and flying off one of the most famous carriers of the Royal Navy. It describes the tumultuous times he lived through with humor and deep respect for the people he lived and fought with. It also showed the fragility of life and the tremendous tragedy of war.