Robert Smith Literary agency » Simon and Schuster https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:58:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Last Torpedo Flyers: The true story of Arthur Aldridge – Hero of the skies https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/authors/the-last-torpedo-flyers-the-true-story-of-217-squadron-heroes-of-the-skies/ https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/authors/the-last-torpedo-flyers-the-true-story-of-217-squadron-heroes-of-the-skies/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:01:59 +0000 http://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/?p=355 Arthur Aldridge was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his bravery in taking out German cargo ship SS Madrid in December 1941, during which he lost a wing tip. He was lucky enough to survive his squadron’s attack on the Axis’s maritime fleet during the notorious Channel Dash, which saw 40 RAF planes shot down. […]

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Arthur Aldridge was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his bravery in taking out German cargo ship SS Madrid in December 1941, during which he lost a wing tip. He was lucky enough to survive his squadron’s attack on the Axis’s maritime fleet during the notorious Channel Dash, which saw 40 RAF planes shot down. ‘Arty’ was awarded a Bar to his DFC for sinking two enemy ships off Malta and rescuing a fellow pilot while wounded, as his own Beaufort took four shells. Arthur Aldridge and his loyal gunner, Bill Carroll, who also contributes his memories, are two of the last torpedo airmen left alive.

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]]> https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/authors/the-last-torpedo-flyers-the-true-story-of-217-squadron-heroes-of-the-skies/feed/ 0 Lee Rigby: A Mother’s Story https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/publisher/simon-and-schuster/lee-rigby-mothers-story/ https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/publisher/simon-and-schuster/lee-rigby-mothers-story/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:03:28 +0000 http://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/?p=1649   Lyn Rigby’s story charts the unfathomably difficult time she has endured since May 2013 when her son, 25-year-old Fusilier Lee Rigby, was butchered on a London high street by two British-born young men compelled to avenge the killing of Muslims by the British armed forces. The savage brutality of the killing shocked the nation, […]

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Rigby Lee RigbyLyn Rigby’s story charts the unfathomably difficult time she has endured since May 2013 when her son, 25-year-old Fusilier Lee Rigby, was butchered on a London high street by two British-born young men compelled to avenge the killing of Muslims by the British armed forces. The savage brutality of the killing shocked the nation, and the ramifications spread to the highest levels of government, questioning the security of social networking sites that allowed the fanatics who murdered her son to discuss their intentions online and unchecked.
Lyn Rigby has questions for government and the military, but overall it is her story of sorrow, her campaign for a memorial dedicated to Lee’s memory, her admiration for the ‘angels of Woolwich’ and, hopefully, belief that her son did not die in vain. She is writing this book as a tribute to Lee – to give him a voice and to tell his story not just as a soldier, but as a vibrant, happy young man with a son and a future that has been so cruelly and viciously been taken from him.

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