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DANCING IN THE SKIES
BY
TONY JONSSON
PUBLISHED; GRUBB STREET
FIRST EDITION 1994
Thorsteinn Elton Jonsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland in October 1921. His mother was English and this, coupled with a desire for adventure and to become a pilot, led him to travel to the UK in April 1940 to join the RAF. Turned down again and again, he persisted and was eventually accepted into the Force at the age of 18. After training, he was posted to 17 Squadron to fly Hurricanes, then 111 Squadron on Spitfires. He flew countless missions and participated with much success in Operation Torch in 1942/3 and was awarded a DFM. In 1944 he was posted to 65 Squadron, flying Mustang IIIs, and scored well over Normandy that summer. His second tour ended in December 1944 where- upon he retumed to Iceland to fly Martinet target tugs until May 1945. Back in the UK, he converted to multi-engined types, and was with 187 Squadron until leaving the RAF in December 1946. Dancing in the Skies is Tony Jonss0n’s racy, exciting, informative and at times very funny account of his career in the cockpit in WW2, when he achieved a total score of 8 destroyed, 1 probable and 2 damaged - a remarkable feat for the only Icelander to fly with the RAF in the war years. This is a very special, personal account, the more so as it has been translated by the author himself from his autobiography, which appeared originally in Iceland and was met with great critical acclaim, becoming a bestseller overnight.
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