Voices in Flight: The Fleet Air Arm. Recollections from formation to Cold War. Author Malcolm Smith HAT These are the stories that

These are the stories that fill the gaps when official history is too thin

Convert your favourite Panama hat (and lots of others) to Fleet Air Arm colours

This is the true story of Commander R 'Mike' Crosley

Colin Cruddas tells the story in words and pictures of the airfields

He subsequently became a gunnery instructor and served with 750 NAS in Trinidad until the end of the war

Voices in Flight: The Fleet Air Arm. Recollections from formation to Cold War. Author Malcolm Smith HAT These are the stories thatTaken from the Archives of the Fleet Air Arm Museum, these reminiscences add the personal element to the historical data and illustrate the tremendously changing circumstances of the Fleet Air Arm from formation to Cold War. 'What emerges from these pages is a particular spirit, peculiar to the Fleet Air Arm and reflecting its somewhat hybrid nature; a spirit derived from a high level of professional competence combined with a certain irreverence