The Moonlight Squadron: Squadron Leader Leonard Ratcliff (Tales from the Special Forces Shorts, Book 3)

by Sean Rayment

Overview

This is Leonard Ratcliff’s story, one of five true-life recollections from the Second World War in Tales From The Special Forces Club.The Special Forces Club is a fabled gentlemen’s club, based in the heart of London. It has a closely guarded secret: you have to be a genuine hero to be a member.Leonard commanded a squadron tasked with flying Special Forces agents into Nazi-occupied Europe. His missions came with enormous risk and casualties were exceptionally high. By the end of the war the entire squadron had been lost three times over. Yet despite the dangers there was always a steady stream of volunteers ready to risk all. This is Leonard’s story.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780007517626
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	02/28/2013
Series:	Tales from the Special Forces Shorts , #3
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishers
Format:	eBook
Pages:	30
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Sean Rayment served as a Captain in the Parachute Regiment in the late 1980's. As a journalist, he has specialised in war reporting for the past ten years, undertaking assignments in the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, the Gulf and Africa. He has been embedded with the British Army on more than a ten occasions.