Fighter pilot Lou Spence's story is one of bravery, leadership and love. Author John Spence draws on his father's wartime diaries, which he addressed to his young wife back in Perth. During World War 2, Lou Spence few in the Middle East against Rommel's forces, then defended Australia, flying spitfires against the Japanese. A courageous pilot, he went on to lead the RAAF 77 Squadron of Mustangs in the Korean War. A replica of Lou Spence's Spitfire is in the Darwin Aviation Museum.

Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Availability: In stock at supplier. Usually dispatched 7-15 business days
Publisher: BROLGA PUBLISHING PTY LTD
Publication date: 07/08/2021
Country of publication: AUSTRALIA
Weight: 256 g
Dimensions: 210.00mm X 135.00mm
Code: 61021

John Spence FRS, now a professor of physics and the author of Lightspeed (OUP), was four years old when Wing Commander Lou Spence, DFC and bar, Legion of Merit was killed in Korea in 1950 at the age of 33.