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Luck Is My Shadow: The Story of a Fighter and Bomber Pilot During the Cold War

Luck Is My Shadow: The Story of a Fighter and Bomber Pilot During the Cold War

Adcock, Terry

Paperback

Aviation & NauticalBritish History

Publisher Price: $34.95

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 30, 2026

ISBN10: 1048100057
ISBN13: 9781048100051
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Published: Dec 30 2026
Language: English
A pilot-turned-nuclear bomber officer unveils the Cold War's demanding shifts between duty, family, and duty's high-stakes ascent. As a very young boy in the Second World War the seeds were sown to fly in the blue sky. Terry made up his young mind with great determination to reach for that sky in a Spitfire. He joined the RAF as a pilot but twists of fate caused him to become a nuclear bomber pilot. It was RAF policy not to change from that complicated role to another and yet he pushed for change; became an instructor and as a display pilot he made his final move to the single seat air defence Lightning. He instructed on the Lightning and commanded two squadrons. Terry's original dream came true and he reached the pinnacle of his ambition but it was complicated in a way that he had not envisaged. There were dangerous incidents, the loss of friends, the 31 moves of his family and the politics associated with senior rank. At the outset he had not understood the demands of a Cold War or the need for him to sail the major oceans of the world with a sea-going admiral and become his intelligence officer. The eventual compensation was a promotion and a two year tour on a tropical island with his family.

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