Chocks Away by Warrant Officer: KS Collins. Kenneth Collins re lives his memories of being a young boy dreaming of being a pilot in 1939. He takes us through his life as a brylcreem boy and his adventures, tales and military escapades from his time served with the RAF in WW2.
His friends and family urged him to create a more permanent record for family keep sakes and for the generations to come. So with the help of his granddaughter, Janine Lever-Parkin, this is just what he did.
‘Chocks Away’ captures a time in history from 1941 to 1946. Warrant Officer Collins joins the RAF at the tender age of 17, the book tells us of his journey in becoming a pilot and his adventures in Southern Rhodesia. He recaptures breath-taking feats up in the skies of Europe in control of a Spitfire battling the allied forces. He shares stories of squadron life and the many missions he was assigned to. The emotions, the highs, the lows and how he became hardened to life in the RAF. This biography enables the reader to share the constant fear and tensions that were felt and the mental and physical fatigue that spread over the pilots. Feelings of being homesick and away from his loved ones and life back in civvy street.
The book chronicles the memories that are held, he asks for forgiveness as his mind is old but with his flying logbooks and personal diaries W/O K. Collins paints an accurate picture of life in World War II. Kenneth took his fight to the raw edge and survived. Ad finem
His friends and family urged him to create a more permanent record for family keep sakes and for the generations to come. So with the help of his granddaughter, Janine Lever-Parkin, this is just what he did.
‘Chocks Away’ captures a time in history from 1941 to 1946. Warrant Officer Collins joins the RAF at the tender age of 17, the book tells us of his journey in becoming a pilot and his adventures in Southern Rhodesia. He recaptures breath-taking feats up in the skies of Europe in control of a Spitfire battling the allied forces. He shares stories of squadron life and the many missions he was assigned to. The emotions, the highs, the lows and how he became hardened to life in the RAF. This biography enables the reader to share the constant fear and tensions that were felt and the mental and physical fatigue that spread over the pilots. Feelings of being homesick and away from his loved ones and life back in civvy street.
The book chronicles the memories that are held, he asks for forgiveness as his mind is old but with his flying logbooks and personal diaries W/O K. Collins paints an accurate picture of life in World War II. Kenneth took his fight to the raw edge and survived. Ad finem
