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Book Synopsis Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot by : A. Smith
Download or read book Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot written by A. Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-12-17 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War; a working class hero and staunch socialist who in the skies above the Western Front combined engineering prowess, tactical initiative, and grim determination to become an inspirational squadron commander.
Book Synopsis Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot by : Adrian Smith
Download or read book Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot written by Adrian Smith and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adrian Smith rediscovers Britain's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War. He traces the myth of "an ace with one eye," examining how Mannock has been represented in both biography and in fiction, and asks why he is still commemorated today. The author suggests Mannock's tactics drew on his socialist beliefs, and argues that older, more experienced pilots were comfortable with the new technology and thus best equipped to fight the war in the air.
Download or read book King of Air Fighters written by Ira Jones and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book King of Airfighters written by Ira Jones and published by Casemate / Greenhill. This book was released on 2009-07-30 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A penetrating study of Britain’s top World War I fighter ace, written by fellow pilot Ira Jones, the author of An Air Fighter’s Scrapbook. Ira Jones’ biography of Britain’s top-scoring ace of the First World War has become the subject of some controversy over the last few years; most notably, it claims seventy-three “kills” for Mannock, making him the number-one-scoring Allied ace of the war. Later research has thrown serious doubt on this assertion, and indeed, Mannock himself only claimed fifty-one kills. Jones’ biography is nevertheless an important account, especially when seen in the context of the time in which it was first written. In particular, the biography delves into the mind of Mannock, portraying the singular nature of his character and the true stress that these pioneer air fighters experienced in the last few months of the war. Originally published in 1934 by Ivor Nicholson and Watson in London, the book has been reprinted—most recently in the 1990s by Greenhill Books as part of its Vintage Aviation Library—and reproduced from the original 1930s version of the book. Not a word has been changed in this Casemate edition, but the original, very dated type and page layout have been reworked, as has been the format in which the book is presented, to give a beautiful new treatment to this classic of aviation literature.
Download or read book Mannock written by Norman Franks and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-22 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of the WWI fighter pilot Edward “Mick” Mannock—and a revealing investigation into his mysterious fate. Although he was arguably the highest scoring RAF fighter pilot of the First World War, Edward “Mick” Mannock’s life, particularly his death, is still shrouded in mystery. Did he achieve as many victories as are sometimes ascribed to him? How did he die? Where did he die? And more pertinently, where do his remains now lie? Investigative historians Norman Franks and Andy Saunders have assessed all the evidence and cut through the speculation to build a complete picture of the man and his achievements as a fighter pilot. Having unearthed much new and enlightening information, they present a truly balanced overview of his life—and also reveal for the first time exactly where he fell in battle a century ago. Includes photographs
Download or read book "Mick" written by James M. Dudgeon and published by Robert Hale. This book was released on 1981 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretning om en af Englands dygtigste jagerflyvere gennem tiden, et stort menneske, som kom fra beskedne kår, men som ved sin død i 1918 havde opnået de største anerkendelser.
Book Synopsis Flying with World War One Fighter Aces by : Peter McManus
Download or read book Flying with World War One Fighter Aces written by Peter McManus and published by Pen & Sword Aviation. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lionel Blaxland was a pilot with No. 40 Squadron RFC, flying on the Western Front during 1917 and 1918. The squadron's FE8s proved vastly inferior to the German Fokker Eindekker, Albatros and Halberstadt aircraft. They were also often outgunned when their unreliable machine guns jammed in dogfights. 40 Squadron was flying reconnaissance missions for the ground troops and attacking German observation points and balloons, also attacking any German aircraft they encountered. The German squadrons were flying to defend their lines and attack Allied reconnaissance sorties. The result was that the RFC were always forced to fight over enemy held territory and if damaged were inevitably confronted with a lengthy flight against a prevailing headwind to reach safety behind their lines. The squadrons casualties were high.This book is based on Blaxland's flying log books and his five photograph albums of the period 1915 to 1920. It relates the difficult conditions under which the squadron was operating and gives an intriguing insight into operational life at that time. Fighter Ace 'Mick' Mannock joined 40 Squadron as a novice and Blaxford took him under his wing to protect and advise him until he grew to appreciate the dangers of flying in hostile skies. Mannock went on to account for 73 aerial victories and was the top scoring British fighter ace of the war.
Download or read book King of Air Fighters written by Ira Jones and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book King of Air Fighters written by Ira Jones and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book King of Air Fighters written by Ira Jones and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fighter Pilot written by M. C. Scotch and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After two years spent in the infantry at home and no sight of being posted overseas, William MacLanachan, later known simply as McScotch, followed the advice of a friend and applied to transfer into the Royal Flying Corps. Determined to become a single-seater, or "scout," pilot, his ambition was fulfilled when he made it to the front, joining 40 (Scout) Squadron at Bruay in 1917. At this time, a fighter pilot's "'expectation of life' was journalistically computed at three weeks. Amongst the men of 40 Squadron was Mick Mannock, who became a celebrated flying ace and an early theorist of aviation tactics: the two became close friends as war took its toll. It was Mannock who later dubbed him McScotch, in order to be able to distinguish between the two Macs under his command, and the name has endured. First published in 1936, 'Fighter Pilot' is a detailed and exciting account of squadron life in the latter years of the First World War, showing the true bravery and camaraderie of these early aviators and the effect that combat had on them. William MacLanachan, known as McScotch, was a flying ace of the First World War, credited with seven victories. He joined the Royal Flying Corps from the Army, being posted to No. 40 Squadron in the spring of 1917. His lucky mascot, a teddy bear called Scotch Jock, is displayed at the RAF Museum Cosford.
Book Synopsis Fighter Pilot by : "McScotch" Mannock
Download or read book Fighter Pilot written by "McScotch" Mannock and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “McScotch” himself describes his book and pays tribute to a colleague in this note, which appears at the front of the volume: “This book consists of the reminiscences of an ordinary fighter pilot of the R.F.C. who had the privilege of serving in one of the leading Fighter Squadrons and who had the honor of being the friend of the supreme fighter of all the Air Forces, that indomitable and lovable patriot, ‘MICK’ MANNOCK, V.C., D.S.O., M.C.” Available records and publications show “McScotch” himself as a fighter pilot with 40 Squadron, holding the rank of lieutenant and then captain. He is credited with 12 kills of German opponents. This is a detailed and exciting account of squadron life and shows the bravery and true comradeship of these flyers.
Download or read book King of Air Fighters written by Ira Jones and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Flying to Victory by : Mike Bechthold
Download or read book Flying to Victory written by Mike Bechthold and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian-born flying ace Raymond Collishaw (1893–1976) served in Britain’s air forces for twenty-eight years. As a pilot in World War I he was credited with sixty-one confirmed kills on the Western Front. When World War II began in 1939, Air Commodore Collishaw commanded a Royal Air Force group in Egypt. It was in Egypt and Libya in 1940–41, during the Britain’s Western Desert campaign, that he demonstrated the tenets of an effective air-ground cooperation system. Flying to Victory examines Raymond Collishaw’s contribution to the British system of tactical air support—a pattern of operations that eventually became standard in the Allied air forces and proved to be a key factor in the Allied victory. The British Army and Royal Air Force entered the war with conflicting views on the issue of air support that hindered the success of early operations. It was only after the chastening failure of Operation Battleaxe in June 1941, fought according to army doctrine, that Winston Churchill shifted strategy on the direction of future air campaigns—ultimately endorsing the RAF's view of mission and target selection. This view adopted principles of air-ground cooperation that Collishaw had demonstrated in combat. Author Mike Bechthold traces the emergence of this strategy in the RAF air campaign in Operation Compass, the first British offensive in the Western Desert, in which Air Commodore Collishaw’s small force overwhelmed its Italian counterpart and disrupted enemy logistics. Flying to Victory details the experiences that prepared Collishaw so well for this campaign and that taught him much about the application of air power, especially how to work effectively with the army and Royal Navy. As Bechthold shows, these lessons learned altered the Allied approach to tactical air support and, ultimately, changed the course of the Second World War.
Download or read book Aero-Neurosis written by Mark C. Wilkins and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lays bare the grim reality of life on a frontline squadron . . . the comprehensive physical, emotional, and mental decline these aviators endured.” —Donna’s Book Blog The young men who flew and fought during the First World War had no idea what was awaiting them. The “technology shock” that coalesced at the Western Front was not envisaged by any of the leadership or medical establishment. Despite the attendant horrors many men experienced, some felt that the dynamic context of aerial combat was something that, after the war, they still longed for . . . Doctors argued over best practice for treatment. Of course, the military wanted these men to return to duty as quickly as possible; with mounting casualties, each country needed every man. Aviation psychiatry arose as a new subset of the field, attempting to treat psychological symptoms previously unseen in combatants. The unique conditions of combat flying produced a whole new type of neurosis. Terms such as “Aero-neurosis” were coined to provide the necessary label yet, like shell shock, they were inadequate when it came to describing the full and complete shock to the psyche. Mark C. Wilkins finds the psychology undergirding historical events fascinating and of chief interest to him as an historian. He has included expert medical testimony and excerpts where relevant in a fascinating book that explores the legacies of aerial combat, illustrating the ways in which pilots had to amalgamate their suffering and experiences into their postwar lives. Their attempts to do so can perhaps be seen as an extension of their heroism. “An original and absorbing study of the psychological factors of the first air war.” —Firetrench
Download or read book Mannock, VC written by Frederick Oughton and published by Cerberus Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward ‘Mick’ Mannock, VC, DSO (2 bars), MC (& bar), officially shot down 73 enemy aircraft in the First World War and, unofficially, nearly a hundred – yet he was blind in one eye. Mannock was not only an aristocrat of the air he was also a real man of the people, a constant rebel against authority and regimentation who, nonetheless, gained the respect of superiors and subordinates alike. A great and inspirational leader of men, a master of air strategy and the innovator of aggressive formation flying, Mannock was also one of the most mystifying enigmas of the RFC. Until the day of his death, he never conquered his fear of being burned alive in the cockpit and this recurrent horror – encouraged by the fact that First World War pilots were not permitted parachutes – colored his career considerably. Here is the full story of that career, set against a period when air power depended not upon remotely-controlled missiles but on men of imagination, daring and outstanding personal courage.
Author :ADRIAN SMITH Publisher :Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika ISBN 13 :8323139490 Total Pages :310 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (231 download)
Book Synopsis Mick Mannock, pilot myśliwca. Mit, życie i polityka by : ADRIAN SMITH
Download or read book Mick Mannock, pilot myśliwca. Mit, życie i polityka written by ADRIAN SMITH and published by Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika. This book was released on 2017 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward „Mick” Mannock urodził się w Corku w Irlandii 24 maja 1887 roku jako syn żołnierza Królewskiej Gwardii Szkockiej, który walczył w brytyjskich wojnach imperialnych. Podczas pobytu w Indiach Mannock nabawił się amebicznej infestacji, która osłabiła jego lewe oko. To nieszczęście zostanie później przekształcone w często powtarzany mit o „jednookim asie”. W Wielkiej Brytanii dał się poznać jako gorliwy socjalista i znakomity mówca na wiecach Partii Pracy. Po powrocie z internowania w Turcji w lipcu 1915 roku zaciągnął się do jednostki medycznej w Armii Terytorialnej, potem przeszedł do służby czynnej jako sierżant w Korpusie Królewskich Wojsk Inżynieryjnych. Po uzyskaniu stopnia oficerskiego w sierpniu 1916 roku Mannock został przeniesiony do korpusu lotniczego Royal Flying Corps, który 1 kwietnia 1918 roku wszedł w skład nowo utworzonych Królewskich Sił Powietrznych (Royal Air Force). Mimo słabego lewego oka Mannock zdał egzamin lekarski. Jednym z jego instruktorów, który powrócił z walk we Francji, był kapitan James McCudden. O swoim kursancie pisał: „Mannock był typowym przykładem porywczego młodego Irlandczyka i zawsze myślałem, że jest typem, który zrobi, co ma zrobić, lub umrze”. „Mick” Mannock służył na froncie zachodnim od kwietnia 1917 do swojej śmierci. W tym czasie awansował ze stopnia podporucznika na majora w służbie czynnej i dowódcę dywizjonu. Został trzykrotnie uhonorowany Orderem za Wybitną Służbę oraz dwukrotnie Krzyżem Wojskowym. 26 lipca 1918 roku 31-letni „Mick” Mannock, dowódca 85 Dywizjonu RAF, został zestrzelony i zginął w okolicy Mervill. Być może jest pochowany w bezimiennym grobie na cmentarzu w pobliżu Le Pierre-au-Beure. Pośmiertnie, w wyniku starań przyjaciół, w 1919 roku uzyskał najwyższe odznaczenie – Krzyż Wiktorii. W większości książek podaje się, że dokonał 73 zestrzeleń – to liczba, którą niektórzy uważają za wymyśloną przez wielbicieli Mannocka, nieprzychylnych największemu asowi lotnictwa RAF, Kanadyjczykowi Billy’emu Bishopowi, który zakończył wojnę z 72 zestrzeleniami. Według najbardziej wiarygodnych szacunków Mannock zestrzelił 61 samolotów wroga – co czyni go drugim w RAF asem I wojny światowej.
