Squadron Scramble (George Yeoman #2) by Robert Jackson

Squadron Scramble (George Yeoman #2) Reviews

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  KOMET

  "Squadron Scramble" takes up where "Hurricane Squadron" left off. The time is now early summer 1940. No. 505 Squadron --- with which George Yeoman received his baptism of fire in the Battle of France --- is now in Britain, where it has been re-equipped with Spitfires and its pilots have been fully trained to fly them in combat. Anticipation is rife in the squadron that the Luftwaffe, now largely confined to attacking British shipping in the Channel, will turn to attacking Britain proper, with the objective of destroying the Royal Air Force (RAF) and paving the way for the Germans to invade Britain itself.
  
  The book is rich in conveying the full details of the air combat that raged over Britain throughout the summer and early autumn of 1940. George Yeoman survives a number of close calls, sadly loses some comrades in battle, and serves for a time on special assignment with a Polish squadron flying Hurricanes. Never a dull moment here. "Squadron Scramble" conveys the full scope of war in terms of the struggle for survival, the blossoming of romance, and the atmosphere of daily life in a nation at war. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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  Tony Hisgett

  I enjoyed this story of the Battle of Britain, at times it felt a bit disjointed but it did feel quite realistic. I was pleased it didn’t get lost in the heroism and the camaraderie and did emphasise the loneliness and constant loss as the casualty rates just continued to rise.
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  John Davies

  Robert Jackson's second book is not bad at all. It tells the story of the Battle of Britain, from the viewpoint of Yeoman, a fighter pilot rescued from Dunkirk, and from Richter, a German fighter pilot.
  
  While I was reading it, it took me back to watching the battle of Britain movie, as Jackson describes the dogfights between the Hurricanes and Spitfires, and the Messerschmidt's and Heinkel and Junkers bombers.
  
  I'm enjoying this series, and look forward to the next book.
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  Dale Clarke

  Read this book in a couple of days and though read when I was young, I still enjoyed the text and writing style, loads of information based on true events gives the books a real feel of nostalgia, great if Netflix could base a series on these books.
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  Viragored

  A good read - emotional, touching, plenty of good descriptions of the action. And I expect I won't be the first to think of this book as a "Biggles for grown-ups" set in WWII's Battle of Britain.
  I'll be looking for some more by Robert Jackson.
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  Snakeman

  Another cracking Yeoman adventure
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  Alan Carlson

  Enjoyable if not terribly deep.
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  John Purvis

  “Squadron Scramble” eBook was published in 2015 and was written by Robert Jackson. Mr. Jackson has written several books, both Fiction and Non-Fiction, on World War II, with a focus on aircraft of the era.
  
  I received a galley of this novel for review through
  https://www.netgalley.com. I categorize this novel as ‘PG’ because of Violence. This Fiction novel is set in the early days of World War II. It covers the ‘Battle of Britain’ (
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...) that lasted from late July 1940 through October of that year.
  
  Those months saw an aggressive air power battle between the British and Germans in the sky over Britain. This story follows Sergeant George Yeoman of the British RAF and Lieutenant Joachim Richter of the German Luftwaffe. Yeoman and Richter combat one another more than once in the sky.
  
  I thought that this story paints a good picture of the stress both sides were under during the Battle for Britain. Pilots and those interested in that era of flying will enjoy the many details that the author has included. I have read many stories from World War II, both Fiction and Non-Fiction. This book is short (119 pages and about 6 hours of reading), but I enjoyed it. I give this novel a 4 out of 5.
  
  Further book reviews I have written can be accessed at
  http://johnpurvis.wordpress.com/blog/.
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  Ian

  If you grew up on the works of Captain WE Johns then you'll feel right at home here as this is essentially Biggles for grown ups.
  
  Squadron Scramble charts RAF pilot George Yeoman's progress through the Battle of Britain to the end of 1940. The aerial combat sequences are convincing but it also reflects the other aspects of squadron life, as well as dipping into the perspective of a Luftwaffe pilot on the other side of the conflict.
  
  It's a short novel, though it suffers a little from the curse of the digital reissue, with a smattering of uncorrected OCR errors. Overall an entertaining read.
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  Robin Halvorson

  Not world class fiction but I am on the third book of the series, well, actually the 4th. I am enjoying them.
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  John Purvis

  “Squadron Scramble” eBook was published in 2015 and was written by Robert Jackson. Mr. Jackson has written several books, both Fiction and Non-Fiction, on World War II, with a focus on aircraft of the era.
  
  I received a galley of this novel for review through
  https://www.netgalley.com. I categorize this novel as ‘PG’ because of Violence. This Fiction novel is set in the early days of World War II. It covers the ‘Battle of Britain’ (
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...) that lasted from late July 1940 through October of that year.
  
  Those months saw an aggressive air power battle between the British and Germans in the sky over Britain. This story follows Sergeant George Yeoman of the British RAF and Lieutenant Joachim Richter of the German Luftwaffe. Yeoman and Richter combat one another more than once in the sky.
  
  I thought that this story paints a good picture of the stress both sides were under during the Battle for Britain. Pilots and those interested in that era of flying will enjoy the many details that the author has included. I have read many stories from World War II, both Fiction and Non-Fiction. This book is short (119 pages and about 6 hours of reading), but I enjoyed it. I give this novel a 4 out of 5.
  
  Further book reviews I have written can be accessed at
  http://johnpurvis.wordpress.com/blog/.
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  Pete Pimpernel

  When I read this book, which mentions near where I lived at that time, I loved it; I was a teenager then.
  
  Now I intend to re-read it, partly for nostalgia, but also as an example to train me in also writing short boys/mens' historical fiction.