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Lancaster

Author : John Nichol
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471180484
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Lancaster written by John Nichol and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Spitfire, comes a passionate and profoundly moving tribute to the Lancaster bomber, its heroic crews and the men and women who kept her airborne during the country's greatest hour of need. 'The Avro Lancaster is an aviation icon; revered, romanticised, loved. Without her, and the bravery of those who flew her, the freedom we enjoy today would not exist.' Sir Arthur Harris, the controversial chief of Royal Air Force Bomber Command, described the Lancaster as his 'shining sword' and the 'greatest single factor in winning the war'. RAF bomber squadrons carried out offensive operations from the first day of the Second World War until the very last, more than five and a half years later. They flew nearly 300,000 sorties and dropped around a million tons of explosives, as well as life-saving supplies. Over 10,000 of their aircraft never returned. Of the 7,377 Lancasters built during the conflict, more than half were lost to enemy action or training accidents. The human cost was staggering. Of the 125,000 men who served in Bomber Command, over 55,000 were killed and another 8,400 were wounded. Some 10,000 survived being shot down, only to become prisoners of war. In simple, brutal terms, Harris's aircrew had only a 40 per cent chance of surviving the war unscathed. Former RAF Tornado Navigator, Gulf War veteran and bestselling author John Nichol now tells the inspiring and moving story of this legendary aircraft that took the fight deep into the heart of Nazi Germany.

Legend of the Lancasters

Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1781598649
Total Pages : 1249 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Legend of the Lancasters written by Martin W. Bowman and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-08-19 with total page 1249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a riveting account told in ten big chapters of the young RAF crews who flew Lancasters in RAF Bomber Command from 1942 to the end of the war in Europe in April 1945. It is unique in that the story is told using first person accounts from RAF aircrew and German night fighter crews who fought each other on raids on occupied Europe and Germany from 1942 onwards. Details of what it was like to be on the receiving end in Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne etc are also included. A whole host of incredible first-hand accounts by British, Commonwealth, American and German air crews permeate the action and describe the aerial battles as only they can. This unique book also includes many accounts and photos that have not previously been seen before while the rich mix of combat accounts from all sides are brought together for the first time in one volume.

The Real Lancaster Legend

Author : Andre Billeaudeaux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781320614894
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (148 download)

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Download or read book The Real Lancaster Legend written by Andre Billeaudeaux and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Story of the House of Lancaster

Author : Henry Hartwright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the House of Lancaster written by Henry Hartwright and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Real Lancaster Legend

Author : Andre Billeaudeaux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781320612234
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book The Real Lancaster Legend written by Andre Billeaudeaux and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles the people, the politics and the media machine behind the change the name effort in Lancaster, NY. It is not a single story but affiliated “batches” of materials provided in a loosely organized fashion. It follows the flow of issues, characters and challenges you all faced in fighting for your venerable Redskin Warrior and should serve as a basis to educate those who didn’t participate or don't know why a fight was needed. However, the images, events, news and history contained here can never capture the spirit and tenacity you demonstrated in waging your two-year battle. You fought to save your community's reputation, its integrity and your region's future. You saw first-hand what can happen in a pop-culture world where emotion and subjectivity – fueled by an unscrupulous media - seemingly trump rationality and objectivity. Clearly, today's students are losing touch with their own rich history as activists have infiltrated and are re-defining key aspects of history to achieve a political goal were separation, isolation, victimization and division trump unification. And this trend is dangerous.. as the old saying goes, “United We Stand, Divided We Fall.” In Lancaster’s case you are on the verge of losing your unique red-painted warrior words and symbols while reducing the shared history of your region to negative hyperbole. By now, you all know that Redskins were a unique and very important Native American Warrior class whose ideas, tactics and thoughts on governance helped establish this nation – a great nation we are all citizens of. To give up and let this phenomenal history go based on a vocal and politically connected minority's obvious and harmful misinterpretation of a Redskin should not go unchallenged.

Spitfire

Author : JOHN. NICHOL
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781471176883
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book Spitfire written by JOHN. NICHOL and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The best book you will ever read about Britain's greatest warplane.' Patrick Bishop, bestselling author of Fighter Boys. 'A rich and heartfelt tribute to this most iconic British machine. By focussing on the men (and women) who flew the Spitfire, John Nichol has brought a fresh and powerful perspective to the story. And by recording their bravery, humility, camaraderie, tragedy and sheer joy in flying their beloved Spits he has done them - and us - a valuable service' Rowland White, bestselling author of Vulcan 606 'A superb and compelling book. Brilliantly written with some incredible and astonishing stories; it is gripping, moving, emotional and sometimes humorous - just perfect' Squadron Leader (Ret) Clive Rowley, former Officer Commanding RAF Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight 'A superb journey through the remarkable tale of that British icon, the Spitfire. Brilliantly and engagingly written, this is the most readable story of the aircraft and her pilots that I have ever had the pleasure to read in a period spanning some forty-odd years of personal study and research. Truly stunning.' Andy Saunders, Editor, Britain at War Magazine. 'This is not just a tale of heroism in the skies . . . This is a tale of victory . . . Magnificently told in lip-biting detail' - Daily Mail (The Red Line) The perfect complementary narrative to the bestselling memoir by Geoffrey Wellum - First Light. Achtung, Spitfire! The iconic Spitfire found fame during the darkest early days of World War II. But what happened to the redoubtable fighter and its crews beyond the Battle of Britain, and why is it still so loved today? In late spring 1940, Nazi Germany's domination of Europe had looked unstoppable. With the British Isles in easy reach since the fall of France, Adolf Hitler was convinced that Great Britain would be defeated in the skies over her southern coast, confident his Messerschmitts and Heinkels would outclass anything the Royal Air Force threw at them. What Hitler hadn't planned for was the agility and resilience of a marvel of British engineering that would quickly pass into legend - the Spitfire. Bestselling author John Nichol's passionate portrait of this magnificent fighter aircraft, its many innovations and updates, and the people who flew and loved them, carries the reader beyond the dogfights over Kent and Sussex. Spanning the full global reach of the Spitfire's deployment during WWII, from Malta to North Africa and the Far East, then over the D-Day beaches, it is always accessible, effortlessly entertaining and full of extraordinary spirit. Here are edge-of-the-seat stories and heart-stopping first-hand accounts of battling pilots forced to bail out over occupied territory; of sacrifice and wartime love; of aristocratic female flyers, and of the mechanics who braved the Nazi onslaught to keep the aircraft in battle-ready condition. Nichol takes the reader on a hair-raising, nail-biting and moving wartime history of the iconic Spitfire populated by a cast of redoubtable, heroic characters that make you want to stand up and cheer. 'A rich and heartfelt tribute to this most iconic British machine. By focussing on the men (and women) who flew the Spitfire, John Nichol has brought a fresh and powerful perspective to the story.' - Rowland White - author of Vulcan 607

The Crew

Author : David Price
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789542693
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (895 download)

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Download or read book The Crew written by David Price and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving tribute to the sacrifice and bravery of the fliers of RAF Bomber Command. ****************************** The Crew, based on interviews with Ken Cook, the crew's sole surviving member, recounts the wartime exploits of the members of an Avro Lancaster crew between 1942 and the war's end. Gloucestershire-born bomb aimer Ken Cook, hard-bitten Australian pilot Jim Comans, Navigator Don Bowes, Upper Gunner George Widdis, Tail Gunner 'Jock' Bolland, Flight Engineer Ken Randle and Radio Operator Roy Woollford were seven ordinary young men living in extraordinary times, risking their lives in freedom's cause in the dark skies above Hitler's Reich. From their earliest beginnings – in places as far apart as a Cotswold village and the suburbs of Sydney – through the adventure of training in North America and the dread and danger of the forty-five bombing raids they flew with 97 Squadron, David Price describes the crew's wartime experiences with human sympathy allied to a secure technical understanding of one of the RAF's most iconic aircraft. The drama and anxiety of individual missions – to Kassel, Munich and Augsburg as well as Berlin – is evoked with thrilling immediacy; while the military events and strategic decisions that drove the RAF's area bombing campaign against Nazi Germany are interwoven deftly with the narrative of the crew's operational careers. ****************************** Reviews: 'A sensitive account of the bomber's life... Price has given the bomber offensive a human face. This book [...] has a heart and soul' The Times. 'A fascinating and fast-paced account of the exploits of an Avro Lancaster bomber crew from 97 Squadron RAF' The Herald. 'A remarkable insight into the bravery, determination and skill of British Bomber Command crews during WWII' Waterstones.

The Sophie Lancaster Story

Author : Catherine Smyth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781530776238
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (762 download)

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Download or read book The Sophie Lancaster Story written by Catherine Smyth and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While walking through a park at night in Bacup, England, Sophie Lancaster and her boyfriend, Robert Maltby, were brutally attacked by five teenage boys. The beatings and subsequent murder made international news. This book was written by an investigative journalist who became extremely close to the families of the victims. It's a very indepth account of a very sad case. WITH PHOTOS

Pott's Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster

Author : Thomas Potts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Pott's Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster written by Thomas Potts and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lancaster and York

Author : bart Sir James Henry Ramsay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Lancaster and York written by bart Sir James Henry Ramsay and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lancaster and York

Author : Sir James Henry Ramsay (10th bart.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lancaster and York written by Sir James Henry Ramsay (10th bart.) and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Legacy of the Lancasters

Author : Martin Bowman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783030070
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Legacy of the Lancasters written by Martin Bowman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young or old, everyone has heard of the Lancaster bomber. Such is the legacy handed down by this aviation icon that although it is not the most numerous aircraft ever built - two are still flying today, one in Britain and another in Canada with many proudly displayed in museums throughout the world - it is up there with the Spitfire and the Flying Fortress in terms of affection, nostalgia and lasting fame. The legendary Lancaster has bequeathed to the world an invaluable heritage beloved of generations of movie-goers, air show enthusiasts, readers of fine literature and historians alike. Exploits such as the famous low-level raid by 617 Squadron on Germanys hydro electric dams on the night of 16/17 May 1943, the nightly raids on Germany and the sinking of the Tirpitz in 1945 are all without equal. At the 50th anniversary of the raid in 1993 more than 70,000 people thronged Derwent Water to watch the BBMF Lancaster roar over the same dam that 617 practiced on shortly before the raid on 16/17 May 1943. As we approach the 70th Anniversary of the raid, such scenes will no doubt play out once again. It seems timely therefore that such a history should be recorded, charting the course of the Lancasters career in the skies and the legacy it continues to provide for new generations of aviation enthusiasts and pilots. The text is supplemented throughout by an exciting selection of black and white images that work to evoke a real sense of the scale and majesty of this iconic aircraft. An additional colour plate section boasts a captivating range of shots, showing the aircraft in full glory.

John Beargrease

Author : Daniel Lancaster
Publisher : Holy Cow! Press
ISBN 13 : 097794588X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (779 download)

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Download or read book John Beargrease written by Daniel Lancaster and published by Holy Cow! Press. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive biography of John Beargease, North Shore Minnesota Anishinabe pioneer mail carrier and adventurer.

Lancaster Target

Author : Jack Currie
Publisher : Crecy
ISBN 13 : 1800350007
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Lancaster Target written by Jack Currie and published by Crecy. This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a welcome reissue of a book which has been described as one of the best accounts about life in Bomber Command during World War II. Lancaster Target is the classic story of one crew’s fight to survive a full tour of operations in the night skies of wartime Europe. Flying Lancaster bombers from RAF Wickenby in Lincolnshire between 1943 and 1944, Jack Currie chronicles the life and death struggles against flak, night fighters and perilous weather with clarity and feeling, whilst capturing the ‘live for the moment’ spirit of off-duty escapades. Jack Currie DFC served as a stretcher bearer and later ambulance driver during the London Blitz before gaining his wings in the USA. Having completed his first perilous operational tour of 30 missions in Lancaster’s, he went on to serve as a Pathfinder Mosquito pilot. He remained in the RAF after the war eventually reaching the rank of Squadron Leader. After he left the service, he became a renowned aviation writer and broadcaster and appeared in a number of TV and video productions.

Lancaster and York

Author : James H. Ramsay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Lancaster and York written by James H. Ramsay and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Avro Lancaster

Author : Peter Charles Smith
Publisher : Midland Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781857803051
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Avro Lancaster written by Peter Charles Smith and published by Midland Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensively illustrated throughout with a stunning collection of black and white and colour photographs, presented in a large, landscape format, this book follows our highly successful Avro Vulcan title. It will be entertaining reading not only for aviation enthusiasts, but for all who know the legend of the Lancaster bomber in Britain's wartime history.

Lancaster

Author : Leo McKinstry
Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 1848543557
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Lancaster written by Leo McKinstry and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spitfire and the Lancaster were the two RAF weapons of victory in the Second World War, but the glamour of the fighter has tended to overshadow the performance of the heavy bomber. Yet without the Lancaster, Britain would never have been able to take the fight to the German homeland. Highlights the scale of the bomber?s achievements, including the famous Dambusters attacks. With its vast bomb bay, ease of handling and surprising speed, the mighty Lancaster transformed the effectiveness of the Bomber Command. Whilst addressing the political controversy surrounding the bombing offensive against Germany, Leo McKinstry also weaves individual tales into this compelling narrative. Rich characters are brought to life, such as Roy Chadwick the designer, who taught himself engineering at night school and Sir Arthur Harris, the austere head of the Bomber Command. This is a rich saga, a story of triumph over disaster and the history of an iconic plane.