{"product_id":"9780752472607","title":"Bad Lads: RAF National Service Remembered","description":"Between 1945 and 1963, over two and a half million eighteen-year-olds were called up for National Service. Alf Townsend was one of them, and here he tells his story - the highs and lows of life as a lowly Aircraftman Second Class in the early '50s. Before national service intervened, Alf was 'heading down the criminal road at top speed', having grown up in a north London slum, where money was short and local villains were revered. This book is a warts-and-all account of Alf's time in the RAF, when he was transplanted into a completely new world of misfits and officer types, rogues and entertainers, all amusingly described in his own inimitable style.","brand":"The History Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106944237808,"sku":"9780752472607","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780752472607_p0.jpg?v=1769902678","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780752472607","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}