Think Like a Bird by Alex Kimbell. It's out of print so you will need to track down a copy on Amazon or elsewhere. Next to Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K Gann one of the best books by a pilot. Geat writing and great piloting. Wikipaedia tells me the author is living in Devon and still writing. After training on Austers at Middle Wallop he is sent to the Middle East and flies DH Beavers during the Aden crisis of the `60s. First chapter will draw you in as his DH Beaver is brought down by gunfire and alternating chapters take you back to this scene as he carries you through his training and then life as an army pilot. My daughters sent it to me for my birthday and I read it cover to cover with only a few breaks for food and drink.
