Down to Earth: A Fighter Pilot's Experiences of Surviving Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain, Dieppe and D-Day

"McGlashan carries us in the cockpit through night fighter sorties, wartime airline operations, and missions . . . a well-written narrative." —Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine

In Down to Earth, Squadron Leader McGlashan reflects honestly on his enthralling and diverse RAF career, one that began with the rage and tube of Hawker biplanes in 1939 and closed in the jet era of the late 1950s.

Shot down over the beaches of Dunkirk in heated aerial combat, flying in support of the ill-fated l...