Tail End Charlie – by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom

Decoration

We are quite interested in the language that is used in this non-fictional eye-catching book ! It is amazing how somebody can recount their dad’s RAF experience from 74 years ago . It is a story to be passed down generations .

Ratings

I would rate this book 4 stars out of 5. When you hear a book about World War 2 you would not expect to hear about romance. Would you be interested in this type of book?

Recommendation

I Would recommend this book to people in the age range of 9 -13 .This is because some younger children might not understand that people put their own lives at risk to save our nation.This book  shows the struggle that adults and children had throughout World War 2 .

Tail gunner on the go

Tail end Charlie trained for no less than 5 weeks and soon he was on the go. Fortunately for him , the nickname for the tail gunner was Tail end Charlie,and Charlie  just happened to be his name.During night training with wellington bombers he, made a beginners mistake, Charlie was swivelling his tail turret around and leaned back to get comfy ,but  had not  fastened the turret doors properly. Worst of all Charlie had forgotten to strap myself in.

RAF Slang

Bandit-An Enemy

Piece of Cake-Easy mission

in the drink-landed/landing in the sea

Mae west-inflatable life vest

Fun fact!

Did you know that a B25 Mitchell was a plane used in World War 2?

Here Is an RAF poem made by Rochelle and Natasha

The RAF is pretty serious ,which is why it makes some people curious.

While Fighting for the right of our Nation, many people died from the lack of our rations

World leaders think  they’re superior,but really they’re just inferior.

Today we thank people who fought for us, so much lives sacrificed for us.