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The story concerns John Franklin, the pilot of a Wellington bomber, who badly injures his arm when he crash-lands the aircraft in German-occupied France during the Second World War. He and his crew make their way to an isolated farmhouse and are taken in by the family of a French farmer.
- H. E. Bates
- 1944
Fair Stood the Wind for France. H.E. Bates. 3.98. 2,007 ratings175 reviews. Treacherous mud clutched at the wheels and the Wellington up-ended. End of mission. The great bomber had been giving the crew trouble since leaving Italy. Finally over occupied France, it settles like a weary, wounded eagle on what seemed to Franklin a hard, smooth field.
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Fair stood the wind for France, When we our sails advance, Nor now to prove our chance, Longer will tarry; But putting to the main, At Caux, the mouth of Seine, With all his martial train, Landed King Harry. And taking many a fort, Furnished in warlike sort, Marcheth towards Agincourt, In happy hour; Skirmishing day by day, With those that ...
Apr 7, 2005 · Buy Fair Stood the Wind for France (Penguin Modern Classics) by Bates, H. E. (ISBN: 9780141188164) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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- H. E. Bates
A romantic and historical novel about an English airman and a French girl during the Second World War. Based on a true story, it explores the themes of love, courage and resistance in occupied France.
Fair Stood The Wind For France is a novel written by H. E. Bates. The story takes place during World War II and follows the journey of a British bomber crew who crash-land in occupied...
Fair Stood the Wind for France, first published in 1944, is author H. E. Bates' fictional account of a downed English bomber-pilot and his crew over occupied...
