Attack Alarm

{{Short description|1941 novel by Hammond Innes}}

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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| genre = Thriller

| publisher = Collins

| release_date = 1941

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Attack Alarm is a 1941 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. It was inspired by the author's own experience as an anti-aircraft gunner at RAF Kenley during the Battle of Britain.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kenleyrevival.org/content/history/significant-dates/attack-alarm-hammond-inness-portrait-of-kenleys-hardest-day|title=ATTACK ALARM – Hammond Innes's portrait of Kenley's Hardest Day|website=Kenley Revival|access-date=24 September 2020}} In fact, according to Adrian Jack, the manuscript "was written on a gun-site after he had joined the Royal Artillery".[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-hammond-innes-1164546.html Obituary: Hammond Innes – Arts & Entertainment – The Independent]

It was published in the United States the following year by Macmillan.Vinson & Kirkpatrick p.455