Lt Cmdr Robert A Winston: 2 books

Dive Bomber: Learning To Fly The Navy’s Fighting Planes

by Lt.-Cmdr. Robert A. Winston
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015

Seized by an urge to learn flying Robert Alexander Winston would not be put off by the high fees charged by the private firms; he decided to join the nascent Naval Air Service in 1935. In this fast paced, witty and engaging memoir he describes his time spent as a Naval Cadet in learning to fly at...

Fighting Squadron, A Sequel To Dive Bomber:

A Veteran Squadron Leader’s First-Hand Account Of Carrier Combat With Task Force 58

by Lt.-Cmdr. Robert A. Winston
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015

An engaging memoir of Lieutenant-Commander Robert A. Winston’s wartime experiences as squadron leader of Fighting Squadron 31, which succeeded in shooting down more enemy aircraft than any other squadron serving on light carriers then in action. Robert A. Winston was born in Washington, Indiana,...