author

Gerald Featherstone Knight

b. 1894

An early British aviator and memoirist, he turned a dramatic wartime escape into the vivid book Brother Bosch. His life was short, but his writing preserves a first-hand view of flying and captivity during World War I.

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"Brother Bosch", an Airman's Escape from Germany

"Brother Bosch", an Airman's Escape from Germany

by Gerald Featherstone Knight

About the author

Best known as the author of Brother Bosch, Gerald Featherstone Knight was born on 18 September 1894 in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire. Records available online identify him as the son of Robert Lynam and Lena Knight, and they connect him with Bow Brickhill in Buckinghamshire.

During the First World War, he served in the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of captain with No. 12 Squadron. His memoir Brother Bosch: An Airman's Escape from Germany helped keep alive the personal side of the war, sharing the experience of capture and escape in a direct, readable way.

Knight died on 30 October 1919 at the age of 25. Even with a brief life, he left behind a memorable wartime account that still interests readers looking for first-hand voices from the early days of military aviation.