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Narrated by:
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Chris MacDonnell
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By:
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Norman Hanson
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.
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An excellent story
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Hanson's story is interesting because he enlisted at an older age (26) than most. He was already married. Despite this, he undertook one of the riskiest jobs in the service. Being a carrier pilot is risky business in peacetime, and even more so during war. Hanson lost many friends during his service.
One thing that surprised me about the book is that it just ended. After the Japanese surrendered--more quickly than anyone thought because of the atom bomb--Hanson's ship returned to England. And the story just ends there. No loose ends are tied, and there is nothing about what happened after the war. This is a little disappointing.
But overall, it is a really good book. You can tell that Hanson was liked and respected by his shipmates.
Be aware that the story is very British and the British military slang is a little difficult at some points. This is especially true with the very British narration.
Good Pilot Memoir
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The humor I was not expecting it
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Awesome!
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Fascinating story told with humor and humility
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it is so well written that I am left me curious.
A great tale well told.
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Carrier Pilot
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Great biography and pilot life description
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Lieutenant Commander Normal Hanson was born in 1914 in the village of Keighley, Yorkshire. He served in the Royal Navy from 1941 to 1946. He fought in the Pacific and took part in the Palembary refineries attack and in the Sakishima Islands.
The book is well written and almost reads like a novel. The book was originally published in 1979. It is one of the few memoires about the British Navy in the Pacific.
The book is almost thirteen hours. Chris MacDonnell does a good job narrating the story. MacDonnell is an English actor and audiobook narrator. He grew up in the acting world as both his parents worked for British film director David Lean.
Absorbing
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