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Robbie’s world is shaped by his father, a spitfire pilot captured as a POW during World War II. Determined to honor his legacy, a seventeen‑year‑old Robbie falsifies his identity to join the Royal Canadian Air Force, claiming a boarding school trip to keep his mother in the dark. After excelling in training at Brandon, Manitoba, he is assigned as a navigator on a Lancaster bomber rather than as a pilot. Robbie’s journey takes him to England, where he completes combat training and flies missions over enemy territory. When a Lancaster is targeted by German flak, the pilot and many crew are lost, leaving Robbie to improvise and use his limited piloting experience to save the crew and himself.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Eric Walters
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