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Author : Mark Postlethwaite
Publisher : Red Kite
ISBN 13 : 9781906592059
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Lancaster Squadrons in Focus written by Mark Postlethwaite and published by Red Kite. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Postlethwaite
Publisher : Red Kite / Air Research
ISBN 13 : 0953806162
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (538 download)
Download or read book Hampden squadrons of World War II written by Mark Postlethwaite and published by Red Kite / Air Research. This book was released on 2003 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretter om RAF enheder, der under 2. verdenskrig fløj bombeflyet Handley Page Hampden.
Author : Chris Goss
Publisher : Red Kite / Air Research
ISBN 13 : 0954620143
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (546 download)
Download or read book Dornier 17 in Focus written by Chris Goss and published by Red Kite / Air Research. This book was released on 2005 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fotografisk bog om det tyske fly Dornier 17 og variationer heraf samt operationer med flyet på de forskellige fronter under den 2. verdenskrig.
Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher : Red Kite / Air Research
ISBN 13 : 0954620100
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (546 download)
Download or read book B-17 Groups of the Eighth Air Force written by Martin W. Bowman and published by Red Kite / Air Research. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En fotografisk fortælling med tekst om Eigth Air Force Boeing B-17 i dens operative miljø. Tegninger der viser bemaling af flyet er i farver.
Author : Alex Thorne
Publisher : Specialist Marketing International
ISBN 13 : 9780711018822
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (188 download)
Download or read book Lancaster at War 4 written by Alex Thorne and published by Specialist Marketing International. This book was released on 1990 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gary Eason
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781320369176
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (691 download)
Download or read book Flight Artworks written by Gary Eason and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected in book form for the first time – and also available as an ebook – are some of Gary Eason's acclaimed Flight Artworks: carefully researched and crafted photorealistic pictures of historical air combat. This first volume presents images of WWII scenes, selected from artworks created since 2011."From my point of view as a pilot for the last 43 years and an RAF fighter pilot for 30 years, the realism he captures is uncanny ...". - Squadron Leader Clive Rowley MBE RAF (Retd)Third edition, September 2015
Author : Simon Hepworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780993336027
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Nothing Can Stop Us written by Simon Hepworth and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deeds and sacrifice of RAF Bomber Command's squadrons and aircrews in the Second World War are well-recorded. However, whilst there has been much focus on high profile units such as 617 Squadron (the 'Dambusters'), other units played a part in the war of attrition that was the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. The heroism of their crews was every bit as prevalent as the exploits in more celebrated squadrons and tales abound of unbelievable courage, ingenuity and sheer guts. 514 Squadron was one such unit. Its service life was only eighteen months but its contribution, and the sacrifice of its crews, was considerable. Over the course of 220 operations 514 Squadron's Lancasters dropped nearly fifteen thousand tons of bombs at a cost of 88 aircraft. 437 members of the squadron gave their lives in the cause of our freedom with many others suffering serious injuries. Once shot down, those who survived tried to walk, or in some cases swim, home. One 'played dead', lying in a makeshift grave for 36 hours then, having been rescued by his Resistance helpers, shot an SS officer who chanced upon him. Others joined the Resistance or otherwise made life as difficult as possible for the Nazis. Some were sent to Buchenwald concentration camp whilst at least one was murdered by his captor. One pilot, burned alive as he struggled to keep his Lancaster steady so his crew could escape, was turned down for a VC as he had dropped his bombs seconds before, rather than after, the aircraft was hit. Nothing Can Stop Us is the companion volume to Striking Through Clouds, the War Diary of 514 Squadron. It combines the official operational record with personal stories of many who served with the unit, collated by Harry Dison who served in the squadron as a Flight Engineer. It is illustrated with over 150 contemporary photographs, most of which have never previously been published. With the benefit of painstaking research, along with contributions from veterans and their families, it is the definitive history of 514 Squadron, its people and aircraft.
Author : Tony Redding
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 : 1781553815
Total Pages : 631 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)
Download or read book Life and Death in Bomber Command written by Tony Redding and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life and Death in Bomber Command is an intimate account of the human cost of the bombing offensive against Nazi Germany and targets in occupied Europe. The story of Lancaster rear gunner W/O Sidney Knott, DFC, unfolds within a detailed assessment of the bomber war by author Tony Redding. Sidney Knott survived sixty-four operations. The first tour, beginning in January 1943, included many 'Battle of the Ruhr' targets. His aircraft attacked Duisburg five times and Essen on three occasions. They also participated in three raids on Berlin. In April 1944, Knott began a second tour as a Pathfinder. Another thirty-five operations included attacks on German cities, but the focus was the assault on V1 and V2 sites and French rail targets prior to D-Day and the Normandy landings. This unique combination of dramatic narrative and strategic overview includes controversial views about post-war perspectives on the morality of area bombing and its contribution to victory in Europe. It is a moving account of squadron life and describes how every individual lived with unspoken fears. The story is complete as it also portrays how former aircrew struggled to set aside traumatic wartime experiences and adjust to life on 'civvy street'.
Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473849845
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Nachtjagd written by Martin W. Bowman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-01-31 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume from Martin Bowman examines the first three years of the Second World War, consolidating first-hand accounts from German fighter pilots caught up in some of the most dramatic night time conflicts of the early war years.Viewing Bomber Command's operations through the eyes of the enemy, the reader is offered a fresh and intriguing perspective. Set in context by Bowman's historical narrative, these snippets of pilot testimony work to offer an authentic sense of events as they played out.
Author : Martin Derry
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473851041
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Avro Lancaster in Military Service, 1945–1965 written by Martin Derry and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Avro Lancaster, such a stalwart of the skies during the Second World War, also enjoyed an interesting and surprisingly colourful post-war career. It is this era that the authors have chosen to focus on by profiling the type across its many variants.Split into three primary sections, this book offers a concise yet informative history of the Lancaster's post-war operational career (from 1945-1965) charting the course of the various alterations and improvements that occurred during this time and including a selection of contemporary photographs with detailed captions. A 16-page section features 32 colour illustrations (in profiles, 2-views and 4-views) specially prepared by Mark Gauntlett. The book's final section provides a list and box top illustrations of the plastic model kits produced of the Lancaster in all scales plus reviews and 'how to' construction notes on building a selection of kits in 1/144, 1/72 and 1/48 scales. As with the other books in the Flight Craft series, whilst published primarily with the scale aircraft modeller in mind, it is hoped that those readers who might perhaps describe themselves as 'occasional' modellers - if indeed they model at all - may also find that this colourful and informative work offers something to provoke their interests too.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Aviation News written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Postlethwaite
Publisher : Red Kite Books
ISBN 13 : 9780953806133
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Lancaster Squadrons of World War II in Focus written by Mark Postlethwaite and published by Red Kite Books. This book was released on 2001-10-30 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 467-463 Lancaster Squadrons WWII. written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Rees
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1743433980
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (434 download)
Download or read book Lancaster Men written by Peter Rees and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, a highly trained band of elite flyers who undertook some of the most dangerous operations of World War II. They flew raid after raid over France and Germany knowing that the odds were against them. Stretched to breaking point, nearly 3500 died in the air. Their bravery in extreme circumstances has barely been recognised. Peter Rees traces the extraordinary achievements of these young aviators. He tells their hair-raising stories of battle action and life on the ground. And he recounts how, when they returned to Australia, they were greeted as Jap dodgers and accused of 'hiding in England while we were doing it tough'. Exciting, compelling and full of life, Lancaster Men is a powerful tribute to these forgotten Australian heroes of World War II.
Author : Max Hastings
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 1610588630
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Bomber Command written by Max Hastings and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award-winning classic of WWII military history chronicles the Royal Air Force’s bombing campaign against Germany. RAF Bomber Command’s air offensive against the cities of Nazi Germany was one of the most epic campaigns of World War II. The struggle began meekly in 1939 with only a few aircraft—Whitleys, Hampdens, and Wellingtons—flying blindly through the night on their ill-conceived bombing runs. It ended six years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes, and Mosquitoes, equipped with the best of British wartime technology, blazing whole German cities in a single night. In Bomber Command, originally published to critical acclaim in the UK, famed British military historian Sir Max Hastings offers a captivating analysis of the strategy and decision-making behind one of World War II’s most violent episodes. With firsthand descriptions of the experiences of aircrew from 1939 to 1945—based on one hundred interviews with veterans—and a harrowing narrative of the experiences of Germans on the ground during the September 1944 bombing of Darmstadt, Bomber Command is widely recognized as a classic account of one of the bloodiest campaigns in World War II history. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Prize
Author : Andrew Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780964382
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Defiant, Blenheim and Havoc Aces written by Andrew Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blenheim IF flew some of Fighter Command's early offensive operations, and the type soon proved vulnerable when pitted against single-seat fighters. However, for much of 1940 the Blenheim fighter squadrons provided the RAF's main long-range convoy escort and nightfighter capability. In the mid-1930s, in an attempt to capitalise on its expertise in power-operated gun turrets, the Boulton Paul Company developed the Defiant, a single-engined fighter in which all the armament was concentrated in the turret behind the pilot. Intended as a 'bomber destroyer', the Defiant had its combat debut over Dunkirk, and initially achieved some considerable success. A number of American-built aircraft called Douglas DB-7 light bombers (named Havoc by the RAF), were fitted with radar for nightfighter duties and others successfully replaced the Blenheim as night intruders. A total of 11 pilots claimed five or more victories when flying these three types to become aces, whilst no fewer than 33 who became aces claimed at least part of their scores when flying the Blenheim, Defiant or Havoc.
Author : Jon Lake
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781841766072
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (66 download)
Download or read book B-52 Stratofortress Units in Combat 1955–73 written by Jon Lake and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to form the backbone of Strategic Air Command's nuclear deterrent, the B-52 force was brought to higher states of readiness whenever crisis threatened the USA, most notably when Kennedy and Khruschev went eyeball-to-eyeball over Cuba. Soon afterwards, B-52s formed the backbone of the USAF's bombing campaign in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. This book follows the story of the B-52 from its genesis to its first combat missions in June 1965 and through to the briefly sustained but bloodily fought Linebacker II offensive in late 1972. Even after the withdrawal of US forces in 1973, B-52s remained in-theatre, flying training missions mainly from Guam.
