A DANGEROUS WAR AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY
From the smoke-filled mill town streets of Macclesfield to the skies over occupied Europe, The Wooden Wonder’s Sting is the remarkable true story of Flight Lieutenant Eric Swaine DFC and his service as a Royal Air Force Mosquito pilot during the Second World War. Drawn from Eric’s own wartime diaries, flying logs and personal notes, these memories recount his journey from eager RAF volunteer in 1939 to operational pilot flying the legendary De Havilland Mosquito FB Mk. VI – the RAF’s famed “Wooden Wonder.” Through training accidents, night flying, low-level strike missions, and deadly encounters with enemy aircraft, Eric captures the reality of wartime flying with honesty, humour, and extraordinary detail. Flying seventy-two operational sorties across Europe, Eric witnessed both the exhilaration and the terrible cost of aerial warfare. His recollections bring to life the courage, camaraderie, fear, and split-second decisions faced daily by RAF aircrews during the war’s most dangerous years.
The Wooden Wonder’s Sting
A FAST AIRCRAFT
The
Wooden Wonder’s Sting
Memoirs of a Mosquito Pilot
More than a combat memoir, this is a deeply personal account of one young man’s path through war – and a tribute to the generation who flew, fought, and sacrificed in defence of freedom.
A STORY OF COURAGE AND COMRADSHIP A TRIBUTE TO THE WOODEN WONDER
Eric Swaine
A STORY OF WAR
Flight Lieutenant Eric Swaine dfc, RAF