Torpedo Attack

Torpedo Attack

The year is 1939. <br /> <br />Britain is a war with an enemy as deadly as she has ever faced. <br /> <br />Flying Officer Alden is desperate to have a crack at the Nazis. <br /> <br />But five years earlier, he had been invalided out of the service after a crash. <br /> <br />Now, desperately short of qualified pilots, the RAF needs him back. <br /> <br />He is posted to a Beaufort squadron at the outbreak of war. <br /> <br />Torpedo bomber units flying Bristol Beauforts, they are tasked with attacking enemy ships. <br /> <br />Shrouded in secrecy, it is the most dangerous unit in the RAF, with only one in five men surviving their first tour of duty, and three in a hundred living through a second. <br /> <br />Alden knows the odds are stacked against him. <br /> <br />Without the flying experience and seniority to match his contemporaries from the RAF College, he is desperate to catch up with them and restore his career -- even it means taking risks. <br /> <br />As he takes command of the 'Torpedo Attack' he must overcome his handicaps and restore his pride -- or die trying. <br /> <br />'Torpedo Attack' is a brilliantly authentic World War Two adventure story. It is an accurate portrayal of a vividly exciting, dauntingly dangerous and technically demanding type of aerial warfare that has received little attention since. <br /> <br />It is perfect for fans of Alistair MacLean and Jack Higgins. <br /> <br />'A thrilling page turner.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of 'Trade Off'. <br /> <br />Richard Townshend Bickers volunteered for the RAF on the outbreak of the second world war and served, with a Permanent Commission, for eighteen years. He wrote a range of military fiction and non-fiction books, including a biography of his friend "Ginger" Lacey, the top-scoring pilot in the Battle of Britain. <br /> <br />Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.