Going Solo (originally published in 1986, four years before the author's death in 1990) is acclaimed British author Roald Dahl's second autobiography which covers his travel in Africa and his time in the RAF during World War II.
The book begins in 1938 when Dahl traveled to Africa to begin an adventure after his time at the Repton School. Because he got a job working for Shell Oil, Dahl set a course for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. There, he certainly had an adventure. On one occasion, for example, Dahl purportedly witnessed a lion carrying a woman in his mouth.
However, in 1939, it was clear that war was quickly approaching, so Dahl joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) to fight the Nazi war machine. Dahl took part in several very significant missions, most notably the self-described Battle of Athens and in the war in North Africa, where he crash-landed and was blinded for several days.
