Derek Law Bibliography

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HIGGS, Geoffrey. Frontline and Experimental Flying with the Fleet Air Arm: “Purely By Chance”. 256p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2010. ISBN: 1848842627.

Higgs joined the navy at the beginning of 1944 under the 'Y' scheme.  After HMS St Vincent, his flying training was in Canada flying the Cornell and Harvard.  On return to the UK he was sent to the Fighter School at Yeovilton to fly Corsairs, with a short detachment to the Naval School of Air Warfare at St Merryn. His first operational appointment was to 891 Squadron at Eglinton flying the night fighter version of the Hellcat. With the end of the war in the Far East, a planned embarkation in Ocean was cancelled. Also covers his long and successful post-war career.