TEMPEST PILOT

Pictorial bookplate signed by 

Squadron Leader CJ ‘Jimmy’ Sheddan DFC RNZAF

Grub Street First Edition 1993.   193 pages and well illustrated with photographs

Fine condition hardback book and Fine condition unclipped dustjacket.  Clean, tight and bright in a protective wrapper.  The bookplate is not attached to the book.

Jimmy Sheddan was one of the many New Zealanders who came to England to fly and fight during WWII.  After a rather shaky start, Jim rose from Sergeant Pilot to Squadron Leader commanding 486 (NZ) Squadron flying the mighty Typhoon and awesome Tempest. Johnnie Johnson was the Wing Commander and he contributed the foreword to this book.

Jim’s story of flying the Tempest in the advance across Northern Europe, of surviving crashing, ditching and off-duty escapades is well worth a read.