The Mallon crew eBook Vic Jay


‘The Mallon crew’ is the extraordinary result of four years of research. My decision in 2012 to write a blog about my father’s war-time experiences as the Flight Engineer of a Lancaster bomber took me on an incredible voyage of discovery and unearthed some remarkable stories of courage, sacrifice and betrayal.
As a child growing up in the 1950s I never tired of asking my dad about what he did in the war. I wanted to know all about his role, what flak was like and even how aircraft were able to fly. By the time I left primary school my interest had started to wane and, when he died in 1974 at the age of just 55 I thought I had lost any chance of discovering more about his life. I couldn’t have been more mistaken.
Nearly forty years later, with just a handful of photographs, his flying log book and the name of his New Zealand pilot, Bill Mallon, my modest research project into ‘Bob Jay’s war’ uncovered more tragedies than I could have imagined possible and connected me with the families of all but one of my dad’s crew. It even gave me the opportunity to talk to a man of 94 who had flown with my dad and to find a photograph of my dad’s aircraft flying to his last target.
This book is not about a squadron, nor is it about individual acts of heroism, it is about the Mallon crew, a small group of unremarkable men thrown together briefly during the last few months of the war and the amazing way in which their stories have unfolded seventy years later. I defy anyone not to be moved by their experiences or to marvel at the power of the internet to bring people together.
The Mallon crew eBook Vic Jay
My review is not biased, even though I worked with the author for many years as a teacher in Grimsby.Vic has captured the essence of the wartime, young men who performed huge feats of bravery.
Having lived for many years in Bomber county and then emigrating to New Zealand . I feel that I know lots about this book as I read it.
A great tribute to a group of men who were thrown together in the fight for freedom.
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The Mallon crew eBook Vic Jay Reviews
Vic Jay is a stellar writer who has just released this compelling book about his father's service for the RAF in the very bomber you see on the front cover - the legendary Lancaster Bomber. Vic is a thoroughly excellent researcher and writer. I highly recommend this new book to anyone who loves the allure of fabled World War II aircraft and stories about the men who flew them.
My review is not biased, even though I worked with the author for many years as a teacher in Grimsby.
Vic has captured the essence of the wartime, young men who performed huge feats of bravery.
Having lived for many years in Bomber county and then emigrating to New Zealand . I feel that I know lots about this book as I read it.
A great tribute to a group of men who were thrown together in the fight for freedom.

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