Softcover. Pick-up is in Saanich, close to the Monkey Tree and ICBC plaza off McKenzie Ave. Cross-posted. Thanks for looking! The story of a young man involved in the great struggle that became known as World War 2, of his great enthusiasm for flying, and of his loss of innocence without doubting the cause he embraced. This si not a typical story of heroics, but rather a telling of the day-to-day events that are typical of the youth of his generation, and of how they persevered through seven long years of a war that was, without doubt, the last of its kind.