Paul Bewsher

Born in 1894, Paul Bewsher was a British airman and writer whose work grew directly out of his service in the First World War. He served as a night-bomber pilot, and that experience became the foundation of the writing he is still remembered for.

His best-known book is "Green Balls": The Adventures of a Night-Bomber, first published in 1919, a firsthand account of wartime flying. Project Gutenberg also lists The Dawn Patrol, and other poems of an aviator, showing the two sides of his writing: memoir and poetry.

Bewsher died in 1966. Though not a widely known literary figure today, his books remain valuable for readers interested in early aviation, the emotional texture of the First World War, and the voices of those who wrote from direct experience.