Landfall: A Channel Story

 

By Nevil Shute (read by Chris Rowe) published 1940

Nevil Shute wrote a number of books set during World War Two,  which are collectively referred to as the Channel Stories since they mostly have to do with RAF pilots and with the naval bases along the English Channel.  Shute's war stories are not so much about the war as they are about the young people who are fighting the war, defending their country, turning their lives upside down for the war effort, falling in love, learning to live with the decision they made or actions they needed to take.

At the opening of WWII, "Jerry" Chambers was a pilot doing surveillance flights over the Channel, looking for subs and other ships. On one run, he finds a German sub, and he is very sure that it is a German sub, and sinks it. However, a British sub that was known to be transiting his surveillance area is late in arriving and Chambers is accused of sinking it.

Another 4 star yarn from Nevil Shute.