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From Night Flak to Hijack - It's a Small World
Captain Reginald Levy DFC
Verlag The History Press, 2015
ISBN 9780750963206
Format ePUB
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This is the autobiography of Reginald Levy, a British pilot who reached a total of 25,090 flying hours in over 40 years of civil, military and commercial aviation. He recounts his training and military operations as an RAF pilot during WWII. He flies 44 types of aircraft between 1941 and 1981. He takes part in the Berlin Airlift, and in 1952 joins Sabena airline. In 1972, he is hijacked by Black September terrorists and plays a heroic part thanks to his professionalism and training. Not only does the book offer an insight into the hardships and camaraderie of the war and of the Cold War, it also gives a first-hand report of a Palestinian terrorist attempt. Two of the Israeli commandos who freed the hostages would go on to become Prime Ministers of Israel - Barak and Netenyahu. The epilogue is provided by his youngest daughter and grandson.
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