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TITLE:
The Spitfire luck of Skeets Ogilvie : from the Battle of Britain to the great escape / Keith C. Ogilvie.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
Victoria, B.C. : Heritage,
Physical Description:
273 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Rejected by the Royal Canadian Air Force in the summer of 1939, Keith "Skeets" Ogilvie joined the British Royal Air Force instead. A week later he was on a boat to England and a future he could not have imagined. This is the story of an ordinary man who beat incredible odds on the frontlines, and the remarkable woman with whom he was reunited at the end of the War. Residence: Sidney, B.C.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781772032116