Cheshire The Biography of Leonard Cheshire, Vc, Om Book

Many people will have heard of Cheshire Homes, and Sue Ryder and the wonderful work they do. This is the biography of the man who started them, who married Sue Ryder, and who had such a major influence on the hospice movement, which led to his being awarded the Order of Merit. What is perhaps less well known is his extraordinary war record, as a bomber pilot, and later in Pathfinders, flying Mustangs, his extreme physical courage leading to the award of a Victoria Cross. He was the British Observer in the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, The enigma and dynamic between these two utterly different career paths I find fascinating and he is somebody I could wish to have a long lunch with to tease out and understand his thinking and motivation. Inspirational book about a great human being and world server, somebody who deeply cared for people.