Riding the Wind: The Life of A O Lewis-Roberts 1896-1966

Albert Lewis-Roberts was born in Kimberley, South Africa, in 1896. Having distinguished himself at riding and shooting and on the sports field, he enlisted with the armed forces at the outbreak of the West African Campaign. But it was as a military pilot that ‘Bert’ became best known. He was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps in 1917, serving under Head of Bomber Command Arthur ‘Bomber’ Harris and flying in combat at home and over the battlefields of Europe. In Egypt and Palestine bet...