Seven short stories inspired by the author's experiences in World War II and the decade after. Clive Lodge (born 1909) served in the RAF as a navigator with the rank of flight lieutenant. He usually flew Beaufighters, but like many people he had a deep affection for the Spitfire. Clive's active service was with night-fighters - the setting for the short story Night Mission. The Tunnel, by contrast, is set in peacetime, some years after the war but the writing clearly reveals how the unpunished atrocities of war can haunt a person. Clive's stories are very much of their time and they reflect...