Pilot / author
Paul Brickhill was born in 1916 in Melbourne, Australia. He served as a fighter pilot in World War II and was shot down.
As an author, Brickhill wrote ‘The Dam Busters’ (1951’0, which was later filmed. It was based on the RAF raids on the Mohne and Eder dams in May 1943. The book accounts the preparation of the special bombd usrd in the raid, the training for the attack, and the aircrews.
Other works include ‘Reach for the Sky’ (1954), a biography of sir-ace Douglas Bader, who flew despite he handicap of having artificial legs.
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