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You Never Know Your Luck: Battle of Britain to the Great Escape: The Extraordinary Life of Keith 'Skeets' Ogilvie DFC
Keith C. Ogilvie
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Description for You Never Know Your Luck: Battle of Britain to the Great Escape: The Extraordinary Life of Keith 'Skeets' Ogilvie DFC
Hardcover. The story of Keith 'Skeets' Ogilvie who became an 'Ace' flying Spitfires during the Battle of Britain, was shot down, and was one of those fortunate not to have been murdered by the Gestapo having taken part in the famous 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBC; 3JJH; BM; HBWQ; JWG; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 222 x 28. Weight in Grams: 752.
When the Royal Canadian Air Force wouldn't accept him as a pilot in the summer of 1939, Keith `Skeets' Ogilvie walked across the street in Ottawa and joined the Royal Air Force. A week later he was on a boat to England and a future he could not have imagined. Some unusual luck won him a transfer as a Spitfire pilot to No. 609 (White Rose) Squadron, just as the Battle of Britain was being joined. Over the next months he firmly established his credentials with six confirmed victories and two probables, along with several enemy aircraft ... Read more
When the Royal Canadian Air Force wouldn't accept him as a pilot in the summer of 1939, Keith `Skeets' Ogilvie walked across the street in Ottawa and joined the Royal Air Force. A week later he was on a boat to England and a future he could not have imagined. Some unusual luck won him a transfer as a Spitfire pilot to No. 609 (White Rose) Squadron, just as the Battle of Britain was being joined. Over the next months he firmly established his credentials with six confirmed victories and two probables, along with several enemy aircraft ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fighting High Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
752g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780993415227
SKU
V9780993415227
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About Keith C. Ogilvie
Keith C. Ogilvie describes himself as the `lucky' son of Skeets and Irene Ogilvie. As he grew up he gradually came to understand just how remarkable the lives of his parents had been. Working from a trove of personal correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks and media, together with memoirs of others and research covering the events of the time, he ... Read more
Reviews for You Never Know Your Luck: Battle of Britain to the Great Escape: The Extraordinary Life of Keith 'Skeets' Ogilvie DFC
You Never Know Your Luck is the story of two modest people who found themselves in extraordinary circumstances, and who rose to the occasion like so many of their contemporaries. Skeets' and Irene's own words and memories are the foundations on which the experience of wartime unfolds. A unique perspective from individuals who never failed to wonder at their own ... Read more