‘Two/Six’
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“Two/Six”
My Service in the Middle East with 208 Squadron Royal Air Force
S E Jefford
Edited by Group Captain Neil Meadows
ISBN: 978 1789017 090
337 pages
Black & White and Colour photographs
Hardback
Crown -
Much has been written about aircrew of all categories, and quite rightly so. But very little has been documented about the hundreds of thousands of ordinary, yet quite extraordinary men and women, who served their Country no less valiantly, often in the most arduous conditions, to keep those aircrew and their aircraft flying.
Sid Jefford’s memoirs of his time on 208 Squadron during a large part of The Second World War constitute a wonderful collection of impressions and experiences as felt by a hardworking, humorous and genial ground crew engineer.
Sid’s easy style and comprehensive recall combine to deliver a very readable and often moving account of life on a front-
The attention to detail in the narrative ensures a complete and convincing pen picture of the places and situations in which Sid found himself. Above all, what shines through is the determination and dedication of Sid and his contemporaries to strive to do their very best to succeed in whatever task was set before them. The inventiveness and resourcefulness of these characters beam out from the pages. The seriousness of the situations is not overstated and yet the constant humour is heart-
