ASIN: B00W4FXSN0
Publisher: Sedbergh Publishing
Pages: 338
In January 1941 with the Liverpool Blitz at its height, twelve-year-old Billy Whitfield was evacuated to live on a farm without running water or electricity in the rural town of Bridgnorth, Shropshire, an event that was to shape him for the rest of his life. In the same year, his elder brother Eric volunteered to join the RAF, subsequently serving as a flight engineer in Bomber Command, the most dangerous of the Allied Services.Based on the true story of these two brothers and their contrasting experiences during the Second World War, Billy, Eric & Adolf is a tale of courage, innocence and love, a poignant, funny and moving account of ordinary lives impacted by extraordinary times."The newspaper headline read more like a plot line from an episode of Dad’s Army.‘Hitler wanted sleepy Bridgnorth to be Nazi HQ after the invasion of Britain.’I laughed out loud... surely not? Innocently ...
