An Eye in the Sky

An Eye in the Sky is the story of John Pfuhl an aerial reconnaissance photographer and navigator. He was involved in the Korean War and Second World War. The story extremely interesting, and the way things were woven together is intriguing. This is a book written by someone who is, amongst other things, passionate about aircraft. Aircraft always play an important role in any war. 'Eye in the sky' includes many historical facts about the Korean War which would have been unknown to the reader otherwise. The book is also written from a personal point of view as there was a close relationship with and interest in the descendants of the character(s). It is definitely worth the read. When the Author started doing research on the Korean war, all I knew about the war was that it took place in the early 1950s. Ironically, I later read that, in the United States of America, the Korean war was called the “forgotten war”. Mias’ enquiring mind was stimulated by his neighbour and friend Helga’s fond memories of her late father, John Pfuhl, who was a navigator and photographer in the Korean war. The then Union of South Africa was one of 21 countries that were involved in the war and were backed by the United Nations. While helping Helga to find books that had information on her dad, Mias started to dig deeper and this book is the end result. He combined facts on the war with personal anecdotes about John and also included a bit of fiction where he tried to imagine the impact that the war had on the ordinary people of North and South Korea. I am sure it will be treasured by John and Helga’s family.