Final Approach

by Spencer Dunmore

This is the irresistible, constantly unexpected story of a man and his deep for a tree-flanked airfield called Ashley Landing, for a redoubtable and enchanting girl called Frances Gray, whom he teaches to fly, for their children and his many friends. It is a story, reaching from 1910 to post Second World War, of the vast unpredictable adventure of flying during one man's life-span — hair-raising, ludicrous, terrifying and at times very moving.In this book the author of Collision, The Last Hill and Bomb Run reveals with greater power than ever his extraordinary narrative gift. About the Spencer Dunmore was a schoolboy in Yorkshire, England during World War II and watched bombers limping home to the RAF airfields there. His imagination was fired by this experience to the extent that he became an expert on the war in the air, 1939-1945, and his accounts of the bombers and fighters involved are renowned for their accuracy. Dunmore left Britain for Canada in the mid-50s where he was an advertising executive for many years. Dunmore is now a full-time writer and a private pilot on weekends and resides in Ontario.

288 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 18, 1977

Reviews

[Chris Tschirhart · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the way the author tells the story through the eyes of a man in the twilight of his life remembering all the great things he did as an aviator and that his son in law did in a latter war. Some good fiction about fledgling air transportation in the 1920's and 1930's A good little read.

[Matthias · Rating 4 out of 5]

Story of an airfield before, during and after the 2 World Wars and the people who lived there. A nice romantic sideplot with heros coming and going through the times.