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Luck of a Lancaster

Author : Gordon Thorburn
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783469951
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Luck of a Lancaster written by Gordon Thorburn and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No 9 Squadron of Bomber Command converted from the Wellington to the Lancaster in August 1942. W4964 was the seventieth Lanc to arrive on squadron, in mid April 1943. She flew her first op on the 20th, by which time No 9 had lost forty-one of their Lancs to enemy action and another five had been transferred to other squadrons and lost by them. No 9 would soon lose a further thirteen of the seventy. All of the remaining eleven would be damaged, repaired, transferred to other squadrons or training units, and lost to enemy action or crashes except for three which, in some kind of retirement, would last long enough to be scrapped after the war.Only one of the seventy achieved a century of ops or anything like it: W4964 WS-J.Across all squadrons and all the war, the average life of a Lancaster was 22.75 sorties, but rather less for the front-line squadrons going to Germany three and four times a week in 1943 and '44, which was when W4964 was flying her 107 sorties, all with No 9 Squadron and all from RAF Bardney. The first was Stettin (Szczecin in modern Poland), and thereafter she went wherever 9 Squadron went, to Berlin, the Ruhr, and most of the big ops of the time such as Peenemnde and Hamburg. She was given a special character as J-Johnny Walker, still going strong and on September 15 1944, skippered by Flight Lieutenant James Douglas Melrose, her Tallboy special bomb was the only one to hit the battleship Tirpitz.During her career, well over two hundred airmen flew in J. None were killed while doing so, but ninety-six of them died in other aircraft. This is their story, and the story of one lucky Lancaster.

Luck of a Lancaster

Author : Gordon Thorburn
Publisher : Pen and Sword Aviation
ISBN 13 : 9781473834385
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Luck of a Lancaster written by Gordon Thorburn and published by Pen and Sword Aviation. This book was released on 2016-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * The story of one particular lucky Lancaster (W4964) and its pilots * Over two hundred airmen flew the Lanc and non were killed while doing so * Skippered by Flight Lieutenant James Douglas Melrose, her Tallboy special bomb was the only one to hit the battleship Tirpitz.

The Gilded Scarab

Author : Anna Butler
Publisher : Dreamspinner Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781632167729
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book The Gilded Scarab written by Anna Butler and published by Dreamspinner Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ex-Aero Corp Captain Rafe Lancaster must evade kidnaping, murder, and dangerous politics while making the best coffee in London.

Luck and a Lancaster

Author : Harry Yates
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1847974090
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book Luck and a Lancaster written by Harry Yates and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes you, raid by raid, through the author's tour of operational duty over the last five months of 1944. It is a bomber pilot's story, but it is also about the grinding operational pressure, the brotherhood of the crew and fears of injury and death. It is about a squadron of Bomber Command that bore a barely-equalled burden in operational effort and losses. It is about young airmen the author knew, who lived and too often died amid the turmoil in enemy skies. It is not unusual these days to find authors getting their first book into print in the 'wrong half of their seventies', but far less common to find an individual wartime experiences book justifying a second edition barely two years after its original publication. . .Thoughtfully and attractively written, this well-produced softback is a very good read at an inexpensive price. - RAF HISTORICAL SOCIETY An excellent account, once again one marvels at the courage of Bomber Command aircrew in the face of appalling odds. - AIR PICTORIAL Harry Yates' book is compelling reading. It is well illustrated ... and a valuable addition to the enthusiast's bookshelf. - IX SQUADRON ASSOCIATION The author is an intelligent and sensitive man and his book reflects these qualities. Detailed accounts of his experiences are set out, including several astonishing incidents. There are some good contemporary photographs that add to his recall of desperate days when, however individuals might conspire to hide it, the continuing emotion for all aircrew members must have been dread. . .He grieves for his many comrades. . .and so will you if you read his book. - PILOT

Bitter is the New Black

Author : Jen Lancaster
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101128402
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Bitter is the New Black written by Jen Lancaster and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-03-07 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster takes you from sorority house to penthouse to poorhouse in her hilarious memoir of living the sweet life—until real life kicked her to the curb. She had the perfect man, the perfect job—hell, she had the perfect life—and there was no reason to think it wouldn't last. Or maybe there was, but Jen Lancaster was too busy being manicured, pedicured, highlighted, and generally adored to notice. This is the smart-mouthed, soul-searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for when times were good. Filled with caustic wit and unusual insight, it's a rollicking read as speedy and unpredictable as the trajectory of a burst balloon.

If You Were Here

Author : Jen Lancaster
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101514477
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book If You Were Here written by Jen Lancaster and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watch a video The fiction debut of the New York Times bestselling author of My Fair Lazy. Told in the uproariously entertaining voice readers have come to expect from Jen Lancaster, If You Were Here follows Amish-zombie-teen- romance author Mia and her husband Mac (and their pets) through the alternately frustrating, exciting, terrifying-but always funny-process of buying and renovating their first home in the Chicago suburbs that John hughes's movies made famous. Along their harrowing renovation journey, Mia and Mac get caught up in various wars with the homeowners' association, meet some less-than-friendly neighbors, and are joined by a hilarious cast of supporting characters, including a celebutard ex- landlady. As they struggle to adapt to their new surroundings- with Mac taking on the renovations himself- Mia and Mac will discover if their marriage is strong enough to survive months of DIY renovations.

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.

Luck and a Lancaster

Author : Harry Yates
Publisher : Twayne Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780905778709
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (787 download)

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Download or read book Luck and a Lancaster written by Harry Yates and published by Twayne Publishers. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

More Luck of a Lancaster

Author : Gordon Thorburn
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473897688
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book More Luck of a Lancaster written by Gordon Thorburn and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-07-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 11 June 1943 (the date of Lancaster Mark III EE136 WS/R's first op) to her last with 9 Squadron (on 19 October 1944), eighty-six Lancasters were assigned to Number 9. Of these, fifty were lost to enemy action, another five crashed at home, three crashed in Russia on the first Tirpitz raid and four were transferred to other squadrons only to be lost by them, leaving just twenty-four still flying.As more came in, three of those twenty-four were transferred to a new squadron, the reforming No 189. These were EE136 (93 operations), PB146 (36 ops), and LM745 (four ops). All three saw the war out, unlike so many others. During 189 Squadron's operational period featuring EE136 (1 November 1944 to 3 February 1945) thirty-four Lancasters came on the strength of which nine were lost in that time. Over the operational lifetime of Lancaster EE136, forty-two different skippers took her on her grand total of 109 trips. Altogether, 315 men flew on ops in this machine, many of them more than once - the most 'capped' captain, F/O Roy Lake, twenty-two times - and of those men, 101 were killed in other aircraft.Those are the statistics. But this is the story of the men behind the numbers.

The Lord of Stariel

Author : A. J. Lancaster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780473451240
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book The Lord of Stariel written by A. J. Lancaster and published by . This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in a gaslamp fantasy romance series.

I Regret Nothing

Author : Jen Lancaster
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698166981
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book I Regret Nothing written by Jen Lancaster and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster has lived a life based on re-invention and self-improvement. From Bitter Is the New Black to The Tao of Martha, she’s managed to document her (and her generation’s) attempts to shape up, grow up, and have it all—sometimes with disastrous results… Sure Jen has made mistakes. She spent all her money from a high-paying job on shoes, clothes, and spa treatments. She then carried a Prada bag to the unemployment office. She wrote a whole memoir about dieting…but didn’t lose weight. She embarked on a quest for cultural enlightenment that only cemented her love for John Hughes movies and Kraft American Singles. She tried to embrace everything Martha Stewart, while living with a menagerie of rescue cats and dogs. (Glitter…everywhere.) Mistakes are one thing; regrets are another. After a girls’ weekend in Savannah makes her realize that she is—yikes!—middle-aged (binge watching is so the new binge drinking), Jen decides to make a bucket list and seize the day, even if that means having her tattoo removed at one hundred times the cost of putting it on. From attempting a juice cleanse to studying Italian, from learning to ride a bike to starting a new business, and from sampling pasta in Rome to training for a 5K, Jen is turning a mid-life crisis into a mid-life opportunity, sharing her sometimes bumpy—but always hilarious—attempts to better her life…again.

Ghosts of Targets Past

Author : Philip Gray
Publisher : Grub Street the Basement
ISBN 13 : 9781904943181
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Ghosts of Targets Past written by Philip Gray and published by Grub Street the Basement. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in Scotland, Philip Gray is now a journalist living in Canada, but in WW2 he found himself captain of the crew of a 'mighty Lanc', operating with 186 Squadron as the RAF took the war right into the heart of Germany. Both Gray and his crew felt they were in charge of the undisputed king of the skies, but danger lurked around every corner and on every mission. In an engaging yet frank style, Gray reveals the true relationships between himself and his team, and between the team members themselves. He also searches his own soul as he struggles to survive in love and war.

The Jackal's House

Author : Anna Butler
Publisher : Dreamspinner Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781635339437
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book The Jackal's House written by Anna Butler and published by Dreamspinner Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trouble finds Rafe and Ned during an archaeological expedition in Abydos, and murder and destruction follow in the shadow of Anubis, the jackal-headed god....

Clandestine

Author : Ava Harrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999349809
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book Clandestine written by Ava Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One night. No names. No commitment. That was our agreement. But Spencer Lancaster was addictive. And I was high. High off his taste, starved for his kiss, and desperate for his touch. So when he asked me to stay, to enjoy his company for more nights than I knew I should, I wasn't in the right mind to say no. Everything was perfect. A dream come true. But half a world away there were secrets. Lies. Insecurities. All of the truths that could tear us apart.

600 Hours of Edward

Author : Craig Lancaster
Publisher : Amazon Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781612184104
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book 600 Hours of Edward written by Craig Lancaster and published by Amazon Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Stanton is a man hurtling headlong toward middle age. His mental illness has led him to be sequestered in his small house in a small city, where he keeps his distance from the outside world and the parents from whom he is largely estranged. For the most part, Edward sticks to things he can count on ... and things he can count. But over the course of 25 days (or 600 hours, as Edward prefers to look at it) several events puncture the walls Edward has built around himself. In the end, he faces a choice: Open his life to experience and deal with the joys and heartaches that come with it, or remain behind his closed door, a solitary soul.

Bright Lights, Big Ass

Author : Jen Lancaster
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101128410
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Bright Lights, Big Ass written by Jen Lancaster and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jen Lancaster hates to burst your happy little bubble, but life in the big city isn't all it's cracked up to be. Contrary to what you see on TV and in the movies, most urbanites aren't party-hopping in slinky dresses and strappy stilettos. But lucky for us, Lancaster knows how to make the life of the lower crust mercilessly funny and infinitely entertaining. Whether she's reporting rude neighbors to Homeland Security, harboring a crush on her grocery store clerk, or fighting-and losing-the Battle of the Stairmaster- Lancaster explores how silly, strange, and not-so-fabulous real city living can be. And if anyone doesn't like it, they can kiss her big, fat, pink, puffy down parka.

Welcome to the United States of Anxiety

Author : Jen Lancaster
Publisher : Little A
ISBN 13 : 9781542007924
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Welcome to the United States of Anxiety written by Jen Lancaster and published by Little A. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster is here to help you chill the hell out. When did USA become shorthand for the United States of Anxiety? From the moment Americans wake up, we're bombarded with all-new terrifying news about crime, the environment, politics, and stroke-inducing foods we've been enjoying for years. We're judged by social media's faceless masses, pressured into maintaining a Pinterest-perfect home, and expected to base our self-worth on retweets, faves, likes, and followers. Our collective FOMO, and the disparity between the ideal and reality, is leading us to spend more and feel worse. No wonder we're getting twitchy. Save for an Independence Day-style alien invasion, how do we begin to escape from the stressors that make up our days? Jen Lancaster is here to take a hard look at our elevating anxieties, and with self-deprecating wit and levelheaded wisdom, she charts a path out of the quagmire that keeps us frightened of the future and ashamed of our imperfectly perfect human lives. Take a deep breath, and her advice, and you just might get through a holiday dinner without wanting to disown your uncle.