Kittyhawk Down: Dennis Copping & ET574

This is an account of what might’ve/could’ve happened to RAF pilot D. Copping…. & is actually very good! It begins when a plane was found in 2012 in a desert in Egypt, & then goes back in time to tell of this young man’s journey of entering the RAF , his pilot training, & then deployment to N. Africa in 1940. It tells of the daily lives of those pilots & crews, during those early WWII years. Also tells a lot about the different ‘aeroplanes’ that the RAF used over that time period & place. I really liked that at the beginning of the book, during the 2012 part…..the wording was like modern day vernacular, then when it went to the 1940’s part…the wording went to the vernacular of that time period…… you knew right away that you were in a different time period! They had to deal with many of the same issues as we do today, but talked/used different wording……that aspect really put the reader in the right place/time. A very good epilogue also, telling about what happened at the end of 1942. I rounded up my rating to reward the easy educational aspect of this book, as I learned quite a bit myself…even my being an avid history reader! If you like WWII or military history, this is an easy, good read. I did receive an e-ARC of the book from The Book Guild via NetGalley, in return for reading it & offering my own fair/honest review.