This auction is for a copy of J. NORBY KINGS book, GREEN KIWI VERSUS GERMAN EAGLE - JOURNAL OF A NZ SPITFIRE PILOT & is signed by the author . The author joined the RNZAF & while Germany advanced into Russia , his journal recorded the first solo - on a Tiger Moth . His graduation on Harvards at Dunnyville , Canada followed Japans attack on Pearl Harbour . Inthe Atlantic sea peril struck . Training on Hurricanes completed the posting as a fighter pilot was to 43 Squadron , the legendaryFighting Cocks at Tangmere , Sussex.

Covering the Allied advance from Algiers to Tunis was followed by sorties from Malta & the campaign in Sicily . A hospital radio broadcast Italys surrender . Convalescence , then training Spitfire pilots at 61 OTU in Shropshire : Cranwell RAF College ; 485 Spitfire Squadron for the invasion of France . A new role - dive bombing ahead of the Canadian army sweeping through Belgium & Holland . V.E Day in the Indian Ocean .

All recorded by a flow of incidents revealing how this pilot lived and thought . In them we meet the indomitable D.P , the irrepressible Gremlin Sir ( to be ) Frederick Ashton , the grim Du Viv ,,Chook & Chalky . And Gunk who kept private enterprise alive & well on Flanders Fields

There is an " on the spot " immediacy as the action unfolds . Through the accumulating excitements , stresses & demands of 4 war years the enforced maturing of a volunteer , only 18 months out of school when he signed up , provides an understandingb of veterans who returned forever changed by the pressures unreal to the uniniated - no longer green Kiwis .

Published in 1991 . Slight curl to front cover , softback , otherwise in good condition & from a smoke free home . Signed by author on front page .

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