Bart Bandy is the anti-hero who seems to always come up trumps in this first volume of his wartime exploits. I kept imaging Bart in the visage of Rik Mayall's "Lord Flashheart" from the "Blackadder" series, with the naive innocence of Inspector Gadget.
Bandy's memoirs begin with his early years in Canada, then onto the battlefields of France during WWI, and then to his career in the Royal Flying Corps.
It is a humourous and witty tale written in the style of a "boys own adventure". And finding out that the author served in the RAF in WWII, makes me wonder if this is slightly auto-biographical. A ripping good yarn.
For fans of - "Flashman", "Biggles", and "Inspector Clouseau" or maybe even, "Inspector Gadget". I could maybe also add for those you (like me) enjoyed Spike Milligan's books of his wartime exploits.
Link to full series here @ Farrago Books and @ Wikipedia
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