Chas McGill enjoys collecting the war memorabilia that he finds after the many air raids that occur in his home-town during World War II. Chas is always on a quest for that one big find, because this will make his collection the best amongst his peer group!
One day Chas realises his dream when he discovers a crashed German plane that nobody else seems to know about. It’s quite a grisly find, but there is treasure in the form of a machine gun. Chas and his group of unlikely friends, do everything they can to keep the knowledge of this gun to themselves. But they’ve one more bit of treasure to find and this time it’s a live German pilot – how will they keep this find a secret?
The Machine Gunners is considered a classic and won the prestigious Carnegie Medal in 1975.
