''Attack Alarm'' is a 1941 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. It was inspired by the author's own experience as an

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at RAF Kenley during the Battle of Britain. In fact, according to Adrian Jack, the manuscript "was written on a gun-site after he had joined the Royal Artillery". It was published in the United States the following year by

Macmillan MacMillan, Macmillan, McMillen or McMillan may refer to: People * McMillan (surname) * Clan MacMillan, a Highland Scottish clan * Harold Macmillan, British statesman and politician * James MacMillan, Scottish composer * William Duncan MacMillan ...

.Vinson & Kirkpatrick p.455

Synopsis

In the summer of 1940, as the battle between the British and German air forces continues a former

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journalist now a gunner serving in an anti-aircraft battery begins to suspect that there may be a plot on the ground even more dangerous to his country than the enemy planes.

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Bibliography

* James Vinson & D. L. Kirkpatrick. ''Contemporary Novelists''. St. James Press, 1986. 1941 British novels Novels by Hammond Innes British thriller novels William Collins, Sons books {{1940s-thriller-novel-stub