Moon Squadron

by Jerrard Tickell

"Set Europe Ablaze"
This was Winston Churchill's terse directive to the secret organisation set up in London in 1940.
S.O.E.
Was one of its names,Special Operations Executive. It had many other names, and its purpose was"to co-ordinate all action by way of subversion and sabotage against the enemy overseas."

Here is the story of the men who flew in the MOON SQUADRON.

Genres: History, World War II

190 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1956

Reviews

[Captain Dady Mody · Rating 5 out of 5]

While reading the book, I recalled having read a book during my school days in the mid-1950's. It was named 'Odette' & I remember enjoying reading that book as a young schoolboy. I was very surprised to note the Jerrard Tickell was the Author of that book as well. I would love to re-read Odette again.

Moon Squadron was a great book about a dark & extremely secret side of the war & Mr. Tickell does it great justice in writing it.

Captain Dady J. Mody

[Edwin David · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story of the pilot's who dropped agents and supplies behind German lines in the second world war. There are some remarkable stories of heroism here.

It was written close to the time and the author is clearly invested in the subject matter, which won't be to everyone's taste, nor will the non-PC language.

[Nicki · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book tells the story of the airmen who flew agents into Occupied Europe during the Second World War.

The language is of its time - sometimes over flowery and not very PC - but the sentiment behind the book is solid. The author paints a vivid picture of the trials and tribulations of the moon squadrons, from their inception to the hairy missions they undertook.

There are some gems of stories in here, although sometimes you have to wade through the prose to get to them. Overall, though, the author has a deep-seated admiration and affection of the men of the moon squadrons and I came out of his book sharing those sentiments.