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Zero to Hero - From a Boys' Home to RAF Hero (Hardcover) Loot Price: R470
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Zero to Hero - From a Boys' Home to RAF Hero (Hardcover): Peter Bodle

Zero to Hero - From a Boys' Home to RAF Hero (Hardcover)

Peter Bodle

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Zero to Hero is unique in that it tells the story of Victor Roe, one of the longest- serving RAF rear gunners with The Pathfinders and in so doing, plots the rise of an 'institutionalised' lad from a Boys' Home to a well-respected bomber aircrew member amongst peers, who were an elite group of top class airmen and who all of whom had a far better start in life than he did. In stories such as this, it is not uncommon to find the words 'humble beginning' describing the start in life that someone had. In Victor's case a humble beginning would have been a huge step up from where he started his short, but astonishingly praiseworthy life. One of nine children born to two impoverished alcoholics-all of whom were removed by the courts from their parent's custody by the age of two-is hardly the start that would be attributed to a hero of the RAF, but that was how Victor started. Victor was always determined that with the advent of war, he would do his bit for his country, no one can deny that he did that and more.

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Imprint: Fonthill Media
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2014
First published: July 2014
Authors: Peter Bodle
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 978-1-78155-303-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
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LSN: 1-78155-303-3
Barcode: 9781781553039

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