The son of a Hull butcher, Neville ' Timber' Wood volunteered in 1939, at the age of eighteen, to join the British Army's Tyne-Tees
...When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news.
Her husband has been missing
...' He's gone...'
When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband
It is 1943 & the quiet of Harrowbeer, in Devon, is disrupted by increased activity at the nearly airfield, built at the beginning of the War. Amongst the squadrons moving in are pilots from Britain, Canada & Pol&. The airfield, with its noise & its population, has a massive impact on the peaceful villages nearby
- an impact that will affect some inhabitants for the rest of their lives. Alison, married to a pilot & newly pregnant, soon makes friends with the locals, particularly with May, who finds herself caught up in the life of the RAF, watching & waiting as the pilots & crew carry out their dangerous missions. Then, on the night when Alison's baby is born, her husband is reported missing & Alison & May find themselves facing a dilemma all too familiar to the wives & sweethearts of those who flew the Spitfires, Hurricanes & other aircraft to protect their country during this time of war.