They were from England and had to fight against the Germans, who had control over a part of France. Therefore she acts as if everything is all right and as if she knows all the feelings that Franklin has.įranklin and his four sergeants (O’Connor, Sandy, Taylor and Goldwin) were flying with an airplane above France. She was also a very round character, but she was acting as if everything that happened was due to the faith she and other people had. She also fell in love with him and she wanted to go with him to England. She took care of him when he was operated to his arm. Franklin and his men could stay with her family. She met Franklin after the crash with the airplane. This is a rather round character, because all of his feelings are described and he has got a very strong and clear personality He wanted to marry her and return to England, but it was very difficult. They had to look out for the Germans.įranklin fell in love with a girl from France, Francoise. It was very dangerous for them in France, because they were in the occupied part of the country. His arm became worse and a doctor took it off. They survived the crash, but Franklin was badly injured to his arm. He crashed with four other men in the middle of France. He was from England and was a pilot in the Second World War. Iit looks like he is telling the story to the reader, without feelings. The angle from which the novelist tells his story is his own.

� Place: The story mainly played in the middle of France. � Time: The story played in the Second World War.

Like the part where O’Connor actually gives his life to safe Francoise and Franklin, because these two love eachother so much. The book is an adventurous novel about the Second World War, with also some tragedy in it. He was married in 1931 and had four children. He wrote many books, for example “The Greatest People in the World” (1942), “How Sleep the Brave” (1943) and “The Face of England” (1953). Some books were written under the pseudonym of “Flying Officer X”. During the Second World War, he was a Squadron Leader in the R.A.F. He worked as a journalist and clerk on a local newspaper.

Bates was born in 1905 at Rushton in Northamptonshire and was educated at Kettering Grammar School. That is why the title is: “Fair stood the wind for France”.

Franklin was lucky that so many French people wanted to help him, for example the doctor and the family. The title of the book is: ”Fair stood the wind for France”.įranklin crashed with his airplane in France. Bates - Fair Stood The Wind For Franceĭe taal ervan is Engels en het aantal woorden bedraagt 1696 woorden.

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