My Flying Boat War: Survival and Success over the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific in WW2

“Hodgkinson’s exploits including rescuing mariners whose ship was sunk by a U—boat; attacking U—boats, surviving a crash of his aircraft and the resulting 12 hours in the Atlantic; dodging flak during the battle for Crete; and dogfighting a German patrol bomber over the Bay of Biscay.” —Seapower

Wing Commander Vic Hodgkinson DFC served throughout the Second World War as a pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force. His war began in 1939 when he traveled to the UK to become one of the founding m...