First Light (Wellum book)
{{Short description|2002 memoir by Geoffrey Wellum}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox book
| name = First Light: The Story of the Boy Who Became a Man in the War-Torn Skies Above Britain
| image = First Light (Wellum book).jpg
| author = Geoffrey Wellum
| language = English
| series =
| subject = Memoir
| genre = History
| publisher = Viking Press
| pub_date = Jan 2002
| media_type = Softcover
| pages = 352
| isbn = 0-670-91248-4
| oclc= 48416722
}}
First Light: The Story of the Boy Who Became a Man in the War-Torn Skies Above Britain is a 2002 memoir by Geoffrey Wellum, a Royal Air Force fighter pilot in the Second World War.
Synopsis
The book opens with Wellum's interview for the Royal Air Force and his training. It then shifts to his participation in the Battle of Britain and to his participation in Operation Pedestal, flying planes to Malta off an aircraft carrier. It then closes with him being grounded, recovering from sinusitis and then returning to duty as a test pilot.
Adaptation
First Light was adapted as a drama documentary that premiered on 14 September 2010 on BBC 2 as part of the BBC's commemorations of the 70th anniversary of Battle of Britain, with Wellum himself narrating and the young Wellum played by Sam Heughan.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ttjz0|title=First Light - BBC Two|publisher=BBC}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/comingup/first-light/|title=BBC - Coming Up - First Light}}
References
External links
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ttjz0 First Light] @ BBC Programmes
- {{IMDb title|qid=Q18407662|title=First Light}}
Category:BBC television dramas
Category:Battle of Britain films
Category:World War II television series
Category:2010 British television series debuts
Category:2010 British television series endings
Category:2003 non-fiction books
{{WWII-memoir-stub}}
{{aviation-book-stub}}
{{war-documentary-stub}}