Jock was brought up in Australia during the Depression and later educated at Oxford. Life was rarely dull and he packed it with action and achievement. His Presidency of the Oxford University Boat Club saw Oxford breaking Cambridge University's succession of thirteen wins. Preparing for a job at the Foreign Office, Jock spent several seasons in Berlin. The record of his passion for two women, one a Nazi, the other a young linguist at Somerville College, Oxford, are part of a teeming richness of writing which he left in letters, journals and poems. His death was no less dramatic than his life: after successful raids on enemy aerodromes with his invention of Lewes Bombs, he was hunted down by a Messerschmitt 110 fighter.
A highly important addition to ever popular SAS literature. Jock Lewes was the brain behind the formation of the Special Air Service.
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ISBN: 9781526788351
Utgivningsdatum: 2021-08-10
Språk: Engelska
Författare: John Lewes
Förlag: Pen and Sword
Längd: 288 sidor