Derek Law Bibliography

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BRISTOW, Alan. Alan Bristow: Helicopter Pioneer. The Autobiography. 384p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2010. ISBN: 1848842082.

He was sixteen the day war broke out. Despite winning a place at Cambridge he decided to cut short his schooling and join the Merchant Navy.  After twice having his ship sunk under him he applied and was accepted for pilot training with the FAA which he undertook in Canada.  At the conclusion of the course he was one of a group of 4 selected to train as helicopter pilots (in the R4 Hoverfly).  The war ended before he had the opportunity to fly on operations and he was demobilised in 1946.  Most of the book covers his hugely successful post-war career.