Bad Lads: RAF National Service Remembered

Bad Lads: RAF National Service Remembered

by Alf Townsend (Author)

Synopsis

Between 1945 and 1963, over two and a half million eighteen year olds were called up for national service. Alf Townsend was one of them, and here he tells his story - the highs and lows of life as a lowly Aircraftman Second Class in the early '50s. Before national service intervened, Alf was 'heading down the criminal road at top speed', having grown up in a north London slum, where money was short and local villains were revered. This book is a warts and all account of Alf Townsend's time in the RAF, when he was transplanted into a completely new world of misfits and officer types, rogues and entertainers, all amusingly described in the author's inimitable style.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 24 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 0750941545
ISBN 13: 9780750941549

Author Bio
Alf Townsend has been a London cabbie for forty years. His first book for Sutton Publishing, Cabbie, was published in 2003. Alf lives in Hampstead.