The book opens with Wellum's interview for the Royal Air Force and his training. It then shifts to his participation in the Battle of Britain and to his participation in Operation Pedestal, flying planes to Malta off an aircraft carrier. It then closes with him being grounded, recovering from sinusitis and then returning to duty as a test pilot.
Adaptationedit
It was adapted in 2010 as a drama documentary that premiered on 14 September 2010 on BBC 2 as part of the BBC's commemorations of the 70th anniversary of Battle of Britain, with Wellum himself narrating and the young Wellum played by Sam Heughan.[1][2]
first, light, wellum, book, first, light, story, became, torn, skies, above, britain, 2002, memoir, geoffrey, wellum, royal, force, fighter, pilot, second, world, first, light, story, became, torn, skies, above, britainauthorgeoffrey, wellumlanguageenglishsubj. First Light The Story of the Boy Who Became a Man in the War Torn Skies Above Britain is a 2002 memoir by Geoffrey Wellum a Royal Air Force fighter pilot in the Second World War First Light The Story of the Boy Who Became a Man in the War Torn Skies Above BritainAuthorGeoffrey WellumLanguageEnglishSubjectMemoirGenreHistoryPublisherViking PressPublication dateJan 2002Media typeSoftcoverPages352ISBN0 670 91248 4OCLC48416722 Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Adaptation 3 References 4 External linksSynopsis editThe book opens with Wellum s interview for the Royal Air Force and his training It then shifts to his participation in the Battle of Britain and to his participation in Operation Pedestal flying planes to Malta off an aircraft carrier It then closes with him being grounded recovering from sinusitis and then returning to duty as a test pilot Adaptation editIt was adapted in 2010 as a drama documentary that premiered on 14 September 2010 on BBC 2 as part of the BBC s commemorations of the 70th anniversary of Battle of Britain with Wellum himself narrating and the young Wellum played by Sam Heughan 1 2 References edit First Light BBC Two BBC BBC Coming Up First Light External links editFirst Light BBC Programmes First Light at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article about a memoir on World War II is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a book on aviation is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a documentary work about war for radio television or the internet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title First Light Wellum book amp oldid 1186812981, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
