Fallen Flyers
Fallen Flyers - By Steven H. Jones is a poignant first-ever record of Gower's many wartime air crashes and tribute to those who lost their lives.
For more than three decades Steven H. Jones has held and interest in aviation. His chance discovery of a pistol from a German bomber on a Gower beach sparked a quest to document every wartime aircraft crash on and around the peninsula and find out more about the crews who lost their lives.
Hours of research as far afield as Canada and Germany has resulted in this first-ever factual record of the many wartime air crashes in the area. Investigation of these incidents and the circumstances surrounding them has generated a unique tribute to those who gave their lives in a seldom told chapter of wartime history spotlighted by incidents in the skies above and around Gower. It will appeal to the casual reader and historian alike.
Fallen Flyers - By Steven H. Jones is a poignant first-ever record of Gower's many wartime air crashes and tribute to those who lost their lives.
For more than three decades Steven H. Jones has held and interest in aviation. His chance discovery of a pistol from a German bomber on a Gower beach sparked a quest to document every wartime aircraft crash on and around the peninsula and find out more about the crews who lost their lives.
Hours of research as far afield as Canada and Germany has resulted in this first-ever factual record of the many wartime air crashes in the area. Investigation of these incidents and the circumstances surrounding them has generated a unique tribute to those who gave their lives in a seldom told chapter of wartime history spotlighted by incidents in the skies above and around Gower. It will appeal to the casual reader and historian alike.
