Death of an Old Old Man

Death of an Old Old Man is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.
In Death of an Old Old Man, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a brutal story of pilots and the terror of aerial combat.
Death of an Old Old Man is taken from the short story collection Over to You, which includes nine other dramatic and terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot, and is drawn from Dahl's own experiences during the Second World War.
This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.