Mostly known for his wonderful children's books, Roald Dahl also wrote a number of short stories - including one of my all time favourites, in which a leg of lamb is used as a murder weapon. That story's not in this collection, however. The ten stories here are all themed around the experiences of British airmen in WW2. Dahl himself was one of these pilots, I believe, and it's hard not to think that his experiences (and those of his colleagues) haven't been an inspiration for these stories.

I think the best one is "Katina", about a small Greek girl who survives the bombing of her home and briefly becomes a beloved mascot of the local RAF group. The rest I like quite a lot. I'm not sure they're the best of Dahl's short stories, but they are effective and the collection's definitely worth reading.