There are many heroic tales from the Second World War. However, there are very few tales of the heroism displayed by those who didn’t necessarily pick up a weapon. These women offered lifesaving treatment, keeping men alive so they could undergo the operations and procedures they needed to keep them that way. This book, complete with real life stories, documents the experiences, places, and equipment of one of these groups of people affectionately named “The Flying Nightingales.
A Nightingale Flew
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Description
M. Holliday has written a short but fascinating book on this group of women that history has all but forgotten. In their own words the likes of Corporal Lydia Alford, LAC (W) Myra Roberts, Corporal Elsie Beer and LAC (W) Edna Birkbeck tell of their experiences as flying nurses. Tales of Mae West jackets, 233 Squadron and RAF Blakewell abound. Over 100,000 casualties were transported and two of these remarkable women never returned, killed whilst on nursing duties. One, LAC (W) Margaret Walsh was only 33 when the Dakota she was on crashed into the sea. Neither she, nor any of the other crew were ever found, and they are remembered on the stone walls of the Runnymede Memorial. These are all extraordinary stories that deserves to be told, and they did it all for an extra 8 pence a day. This is illustrated with photographs of those involved, and their words come down through the years bringing the tales they tell to life. A short book but it packs a punch.
Author – K.M.Holliday
Format – Paperback
Pub date – 2016
ISBN – 9781530678259
Illustrated
Pages – 36
Dimensions – 133mm x 203mm
Weight – 55g
