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Author : J. P. A. Michel Lavigne
Publisher : Lavigne Aviation Pubications
ISBN 13 : 9782980687914
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (879 download)
Download or read book Kittyhawks Over the Sands written by J. P. A. Michel Lavigne and published by Lavigne Aviation Pubications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428994211
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Air & Space Power Journal win 03 written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wayne Ralph
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047015814X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Aces, Warriors and Wingmen written by Wayne Ralph and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration and a tribute to the warriors of the air who as young men served their country with unselfish devotion. Hear their words. Join these young Canadians in combat. AN EXCERPT FROM THE ACCOUNT OF GROUP CAPTAIN RAYNE SCHULTZ, 410 SQUADRON. It was heading home very fast, a Junkers 188, in thin cloud, well out over the North Sea. We hit it badly, and it was flaming, two-three hundred yards [of] flames streaming behind... my navigator, being a serious-minded individual said, "Let's get in closer and take a good look at it, as it is a different type of aircraft and I can report on it when we get down." So I closed in, which was the stupidest thing I ever did.... The mid-upper gunner was not dead; he was sitting inside of the flames. The next thing I saw the gun traversing down toward us. I broke as fast as I could, but he put forty to forty-four 13mm cannon shells into us. I had pistons blown out of one engine and the constant speed unit blown out in the other. We were going to bail out! We jettisoned the door and the navigator was halfway out when the chap came back from the Ground Control Intercept (GCI) and said, "There is a Force 9 to 10 sea and we will never be able [to rescue] you." So we brought that aircraft back to Bradwell Bay and I can tell you it near flew again. My navigator was wounded, bleeding from the face. I could see the engines running red hot, one was actually running on molten metal... the whole thing glowing inside. The air bottles were shot away and I had no brakes for landing. The Mosquito was in ribbons.
Author : Christopher Shores
Publisher : Grub Street Publishing
ISBN 13 : 191069097X
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (16 download)
Download or read book A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940–1945. Volume 2 written by Christopher Shores and published by Grub Street Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-19 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume in the seminal series on aerial combat, pilots, and tactics in Libya and Egypt in the middle of World War II. In volume two of this series, historian Christopher Shores begins by exploring the 8th Army’s movements after Operation Crusader when they were forced back to the Gazala area in northeastern Libya, as well as their defeat in June, 1942, the loss of Tobruk, and the efforts of Allied air forces to protect their retreating troops. Shores continues with the heavy fighting that followed in the El Alamein region. This features the Western Desert Air Force and the arrival of the first Spitfires. The buildup of both army and air forces and the addition of new commanders on the ground aided the defeat of Rommel’s Deutsche Afrika Korps at Alam el Halfa, after which came the Second Battle of El Alamein. With the arrival of the United States Army Air Force, the Allied air forces gained dominance over the Axis. Shores recounts the lengthy pursuit of the Italo-German forces right across Libya, including the capture of Tripoli and the breakthrough into Southern Tunisia. This allowed a linkup with other Allied forces in Tunisia (whose story appears in Volume 3). Included with the action are stories of some of the great fighter aces of the Desert campaign such as Jochen Marseille and Otto Schulz of the Luftwaffe, Franco Bordoni-Bisleri of the Regia Aeronautica and Neville Duke, Billy Drake, and “Eddie” Edwards of the Commonwealth air forces. Finally, Shores touches on the Allied and Axis night bombing offensives and the activities of the squadrons cooperating with the naval forces in the Mediterranean.
Author : Christopher Shores
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 190980875X
Total Pages : 962 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (98 download)
Download or read book A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940–1945 written by Christopher Shores and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first volume in the seminal series on World War II aerial combat, pilots, and tactics that “reads like an encyclopedia on the subject” (Portland Book Review). In the early days of World War II, both Allied and Axis powers extended the theater of war to North Africa, where hard-fought battles were conducted in the harsh desert. But before anyone could claim victory on the ground, they had to hold dominion in the air. Here, historian Christopher Shores has combined his books Fighters over the Desert and Fighters over Tunisia into one volume, as well as adding updated information about the deadly fighter aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, and maritime units active in the Mediterranean. Full of in-depth research and featuring essential maps, this is “an intimate introspection by these men of their experiences and the respect that they shared not only for each other but also their adversaries” (The Military Reviewer).
Author : Cameron Forbes
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466825480
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book The Korean War written by Cameron Forbes and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Korean War was a 20th Century conflict that has never ended. South Korea, a powerhouse economy and dynamic democracy sits uneasily alongside North Korea, the world's most secretive, belligerent, unpredictable and repressive totalitarian state. Today, tensions simmer and occasionally flare into outright violence on a peninsula dense with arms, munitions and nuclear warheads. Cameron Forbes, acclaimed author of 'Hellfire', tells the story of the war and Australia's involvement in it in a riveting narrative. From the letters and diaries of those diggers who fought across Korea's unforgiving hills and mountains to the grand strategies formulated in Washington, Moscow and Beijing, 'The Korean War' reveals the conflict on all its levels - human, military and geopolitical.
Author : Jonathan Nicholas
Publisher : Book Guild Publishing
ISBN 13 : 191355130X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (135 download)
Download or read book Kittyhawk Down: Dennis Copping & ET574 written by Jonathan Nicholas and published by Book Guild Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping took off in a single-seat Kittyhawk fighter for a short flight across Egypt. He never arrived at his destination. The aeroplane was later found crash-landed, virtually intact, three hundred miles into the Sahara with no sign of the pilot.
Author : Andrew Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849083444
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Spitfire Aces of North Africa and Italy written by Andrew Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although most famous for their role in the Battle of Britain, many Spitfire squadrons also served in the Mediterranean theatre, aiding the Allied victories in North Africa and later in the invasion of Italy. Numerous pilots, both Royal Air Force and South African Spitfire squadrons, made ace during these engagements. This book tells their story.
Author : Ian W. Shaw
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1922896314
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (228 download)
Download or read book Missing written by Ian W. Shaw and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragic story of a WWII fighter pilot’s brutal sacrifice and the painstaking search for the truth. Not all casualties in wartime occur on the frontline; when a loved one is posted “Missing,” hope and fear bloom in the hearts of those who wait for news. Lives can fray when that wait extends to years. Squadron Leader Daryl Sproule, DFC was a hero. The young and dashing Hobart lawyer was a fighter pilot, a survivor of the carnage in the skies over Singapore, a champion sportsman and the touchstone in the life of his single mother. When his aircraft was shot down over New Britain in August 1943, his wingmen saw him land it close to a beach, wade ashore and disappear into the jungle. In Hobart, Irene Sproule was informed that her son was “Missing.” Two years later, Daryl was still missing, his fate unknown. It would take another two years for the full, deplorable story to be unravelled and the consequences of a wartime atrocity to be played out to a conclusion. In those years, a mother and a brother would have their lives changed brutally, and forever. Missing is the story of the nightmare that haunts all those who have farewelled their loved ones as they leave for war …
Author : Christopher F. Shores
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fighters Over the Desert written by Christopher F. Shores and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Great Britain. Ministry of Information
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Air Battle of Malta written by Great Britain. Ministry of Information and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskriver RAF luftoperationer over Malta under 2. verdenskrig
Author : John Alexander
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616202890
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Ribbon of Sand written by John Alexander and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 1992-05-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wind, currents, tides, and sand. Kingsnakes and rice rats. The disappearance of the Lost Colony, the raids of the pirate Blackbeard, and the Wright brothers' first attempts at flight. The Outer Banks is a place like no other.
Author : Kitty Hawk (CVA-63)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (317 download)
Download or read book U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, Around the Horn, 1961 written by Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Great Britain. Ministry of Information
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Miscellaneous Publications written by Great Britain. Ministry of Information and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tom Scotland
Publisher : tom scotland
ISBN 13 : 9781875317097
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Voice from the Stars written by Tom Scotland and published by tom scotland. This book was released on 1991 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third edition of autobiography, dealing primarily with his Air Force experiences in Australia and with the RAF in England during WWII. Tells of his childhood during the Depression years in WA, his discharge from the Air Force and subsequent marriage, and his reflections on the purpose of life.
Author : Richard Ward
Publisher : ARCO
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Curtiss Kittyhawk MKI-IV in RAF-SAAF-RAAF-RNZAF-RCAF-NEIAF Service written by Richard Ward and published by ARCO. This book was released on 1969 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tom Moulson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783463392
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)
Download or read book The Millionaires' Squadron written by Tom Moulson and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagined by an aristocrat in White's Club, London in 1925, a part-time squadron of wealthy young men with their own private aircraft was incorporated into a newly-established combat-ready Auxiliary Air Force, first as bombers, then fighters. The pre-war years combined serious training with frivolity and mischief, but the outbreak of war in 1939 changed that. Despite their social rank the pilots were thrust into the heart of the action, with mortality proving to be the great social leveler. From privileged pre-war lifestyles to front line deployment the lives of those who survived underwent radical change. Through the battles of Britain, Malta, the African desert and Italy the squadron's composition was transformed, and by war's end only a minority were British and none were millionaires. Britain had changed too, and the re-formed squadron filled with a combination of veterans and young middle-class ex-service pilots. The pilots flew Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain, and Spitfires thereafter until the arrival of jets in the '50s; DH Vampires and Gloster Meteors. The one aircraft they could not master was the little-loved mid-engine P-39 Bell Airacobra in 1941. Disbandment in 1957 of the by-then 'Royal' Auxiliary Air Force was fiercely resisted, but inevitable.??Originally published in 1964 to great acclaim, this second edition features a wealth of brand new content in the form of newly uncovered documentation and photo illustrations. It is set to bring the story of this eccentric and dynamic squadron to a whole new audience of aviation and military enthusiasts.??As seen in the Western Morning News and Epping Forest Guardian.
