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So I got to chatting with muccamukk about good WWII aviation stories recently and she recommended—for at least the second time, much to my shame—a lovely little book called Terror in the Starboard Seat. I had never heard of it before her recommendation, which is unfortunate if not especially surprising, considering that it's a Canadian war memoir that doesn't appear to be in print any longer. I checked my local library but was unable to track it down there. While this ordinarily would have been enough to take the wind out of the sails of my enthusiasm, Mucca had shared a passage or two from the book with me and I enjoyed them so much that I decided it would be worth the ten bucks it cost to just order the damn thing and add it to my library, and now I just have to say: BOY AM I GLAD I DID.

( Back here because I go on for a bit... )

Overall, I would absolutely recommend this book both for a non-American perspective on WWII—which are somewhat difficult to come by here in the good ol' U.S. of A.—and as a solid reference for anyone interested in writing about Mosquito pilots. If you're a fan of funny adventure stories in general, I think you'll probably enjoy it, even though I found the ending to be somewhat bittersweet.

Thanks to Mucca for the recommendation. If anyone else is interested in reading it, shoot me a message and I'll see what I can do about making a PDF of my copy.

I am aware that my icon is not the correct type of aircraft but it's the only one I have, alright?