Philip Wilkinson’s RAF career began with National Service in the 1950s. It went on to include flying duties worldwide, exchange service with US and French Air Forces, command of the RAF station in Berlin as the Wall came down and a final assignment as Defence and Air Attaché in Moscow. Meeting Russian and British veterans of Second World War operations stimulated his interest in the century of links between two nations and their air forces. Having written extensively for journals, and lectured on cruise ships, he now provides the record in full-length and uncut form.

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Philip Wilkinson’s RAF career began with National Service in the 1950s. It went on to include flying duties worldwide, exchange service with US and French Air Forces, command of the RAF station in Berlin as the Wall came down and a final assignment as Defence and Air Attaché in Moscow. Meeting Russian and British veterans of Second World War operations stimulated his interest in the century of links between two nations and their air forces. Having written extensively for journals, and lectured on cruise ships, he now provides the record in full-length and uncut form.

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