Carrier Observer by Gordon Wallace

A personal description of a young man's WWII career as an observer in carrier-borne Swordfish, Albacore and Barracuda aircraft. Rather good in describing what the observer's (navigator's) job was.

The most interesting aspect of this book is the obvious approach of battle fatigue, although the narrator was spared a breakdown or death. As Hastings said, the story gained in frankness whatever it might have lost in detail through the passing of years. (The book was published in 1993)

About this time, and to our surprise, my wife discovered that she was pregnant. All the best rubber must have been used for aircraft tyres.