First Light (Wellum book)

First Light: The Story of the Boy Who Became a Man in the War-Torn Skies Above Britain

Author	Geoffrey Wellum
Language	English
Subject	Memoir
Genre	History
Publisher	Viking Press
Publication date	Jan 2002
Media type	Softcover
Pages	352
ISBN	0-670-91248-4
OCLC	48416722

First Light: The Story of the Boy Who Became a Man in the War-Torn Skies Above Britain is a 2002 memoir by Geoffrey Wellum, a Royal Air Force fighter pilot in the Second World War.

Synopsis

The book opens with Wellum's interview for the Royal Air Force and his training. It then shifts to his participation in the Battle of Britain and to his participation in Operation Pedestal, flying planes to Malta off an aircraft carrier. It then closes with him being grounded, recovering from sinusitis and then returning to duty as a test pilot.

Adaptation

First Light was adapted as a drama documentary that premiered on 14 September 2010 on BBC 2 as part of the BBC's commemorations of the 70th anniversary of Battle of Britain, with Wellum himself narrating and the young Wellum played by Sam Heughan.^[1][2]

References

1. "First Light - BBC Two". BBC.
2. "BBC - Coming Up - First Light". Archived from the original on 19 June 2010.

External links

• First Light @ BBC Programmes
• First Light at IMDb