Abstract

Adventure in the Sky

The article presents discussion on three books. The books are: "God Is My Co-Pilot," by the author Robert L. Scott, "Malta Story," by the author W.L. River and "Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larson's Bomber Squadron" by the author Ira Wolfert. "Malta Story" is a novel, about Flying Officer Howard M. Coffin's year on the most bombed bit of land in the world. There is something of a plot, complete with a love story; this can be skimmed through rapidly. The merit of the book lies in its truly fine picture of the island's struggle for survival under an almost unceasing rain of German and Italian bombs. In "Torpedo 8" Ira Wolfert writes the chronicle of a bomber squadron, starting in Virginia and following the flyers to Hawaii, Midway, and Guadalcanal.