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Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight

Author : Roger Gunn
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459706625
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight written by Roger Gunn and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-01-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive biography of Canada’s third-highest- scoring ace in the First World War. Ever wondered what it would be like to fly a biplane or triplane in the First World War? Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight takes you to the Western Front during the Great War. Experience the risks of combat and the many close calls Collishaw had as a pilot, flight commander, and squadron leader. Understand the courage Collishaw and his fellow flyers faced every day they took to the air in their small, light, and very manoeuvrable craft to face the enemy. As the third-highest-scoring flying ace among British and colonial pilots in the First World War, scoring 60 victories, Collishaw was only surpassed by Billy Bishop and Edward Mannock. This book traces Collishaw’s life from humble beginnings in Nanaimo, British Columbia, to victories in the skies over France.

Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight

Author : Roger Gunn
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459706609
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight written by Roger Gunn and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-01-26 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wondered what it would be like to fly a biplane or triplane in the First World War? Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight takes you to the Western Front during the Great War. Experience the risks of combat and the many close calls Collishaw had as a pilot, flight commander, and squadron leader. Understand the courage Collishaw and his fellow flyers faced every day they took to the air in their small, light, and very manoeuvrable craft to face the enemy. As the third-highest-scoring flying ace among British and colonial pilots in the First World War, scoring 60 victories, Collishaw was only surpassed by Billy Bishop and Edward Mannock. This book traces Collishaw's life from humble beginnings in Nanaimo, British Columbia, to victories in the skies over France.

The Cowkeeper's Wish

Author : Tracy Kasaboski
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN 13 : 1771622032
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book The Cowkeeper's Wish written by Tracy Kasaboski and published by Douglas & McIntyre. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1840s, a young cowkeeper and his wife arrive in London, England, having walked from coastal Wales with their cattle. They hope to escape poverty, but instead they plunge deeper into it, and the family, ensconced in one of London’s “black holes,” remains mired there for generations. The Cowkeeper’s Wish follows the couple’s descendants in and out of slum housing, bleak workhouses and insane asylums, through tragic deaths, marital strife and war. Nearly a hundred years later, their great-granddaughter finds herself in an altogether different London, in southern Ontario. In The Cowkeeper’s Wish, Kristen den Hartog and Tracy Kasaboski trace their ancestors’ path to Canada, using a single family’s saga to give meaningful context to a fascinating period in history—Victorian and then Edwardian England, the First World War and the Depression. Beginning with little more than enthusiasm, a collection of yellowed photographs and a family tree, the sisters scoured archives and old newspapers, tracked down streets, pubs and factories that no longer exist, and searched out secrets buried in crumbling ledgers, building on the fragments that remained of family tales. While this family story is distinct, it is also typical, and so all the more worth telling. As a working-class chronicle stitched into history, The Cowkeeper’s Wish offers a vibrant, absorbing look at the past that will captivate genealogy enthusiasts and readers of history alike.

One-Man Airforce [Illustrated Edition]

Author : Major Don Salvatore Gentile
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782894489
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book One-Man Airforce [Illustrated Edition] written by Major Don Salvatore Gentile and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with 14 photos of the Author and the Aircraft he flew. Gentile was born in Piqua, Ohio. After a fascination with flying as a child, his father provided him with his own plane, an Aerosport Biplane. He managed to log over 300 hours flying time by July 1941, when he attempted to join the Army Air Force. The U.S. military required two years of college for its pilots, which Gentile did not have, so he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was posted to the UK in 1941. Gentile flew the Supermarine Spitfire Mark V with No. 133 Squadron, one of the famed "Eagle Squadron" during 1942. His first kills (a Ju 88 and Fw 190) were on August 1, 1942, during Operation Jubilee. In September 1942, the Eagle squadrons transferred to the USAAF, becoming the 4th Fighter Group. Gentile became a flight commander in September 1943, now flying the P-47 Thunderbolt. Having been Spitfire pilots, Gentile and the other pilots of the 4th were displeased when they transitioned to the heavy P-47. By late 1943, Group Commander Col. Don Blakeslee pushed for re-equipment with the lighter, more maneuverable P-51 Mustang. Conversion to the P-51B at the end of February 1944 allowed Gentile to build a tally of 15.5 additional aircraft destroyed between March 3 and April 8, 1944. After downing 3 planes on April 8, he was the top scoring 8th Air Force ace when he crashed his personal P-51, named "Shangri La", on April 13, 1944 while stunting over the 4th FG’s airfield at Debden for a group of assembled press reporters and movie cameras. Blakeslee immediately grounded Gentile as a result, and he was sent back to the US for a tour selling war bonds. In 1944, Gentile co-wrote with well-known war correspondent Ira Wolfert One Man Air Force, an autobiography and account of his combat missions.

A History of No. 10 Squadron

Author : Mike Westrop
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book A History of No. 10 Squadron written by Mike Westrop and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2004 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "No.10 Squadron of England's Royal Naval Air Service was formed at St. Pol, a suburb of Dunkerque, in February 1917, as part of the rapid naval aviation expansion programme required by the Royal Naval Air Service's commitment to assist the Royal Flying Cor"

The Red Baron

Author : Wayne Vansant
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 076034602X
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Red Baron written by Wayne Vansant and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVIn The Red Baron, historian and graphic artist Wayne Vansant profiles and illustrates the story of Manfred von Richthofen, whose unparalleled prowess as a German WWI pilot forever made him a part of nonfiction military lore. /div

Masters of the Air

Author : Roger Gunn
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459745493
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Masters of the Air written by Roger Gunn and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2019-12-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First World War pilots Alan McLeod, Andrew McKeever, and Donald MacLaren had incredible skills and ability in the air. Each was distinctively different from the other — in personality, in the planes they flew, and in their contribution to the war effort.

Inside the Mental

Author : Kay Kay
Publisher : Regina Collection
ISBN 13 : 9780889774117
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Inside the Mental written by Kay Kay and published by Regina Collection. This book was released on 2016 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kay Parley suffered her first mental breakdown in 1948, she thought it was the end of her life. It turned out to be the beginning.

Canadian Warplanes

Author : Harold A. Skaarup
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1440167583
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Warplanes written by Harold A. Skaarup and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This aviation handbook is designed to be used as a quick reference to the classic military heritage aircraft that have been flown by members of the Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and the present-day Canadian Forces. The interested reader will find useful information and a few technical details on most of the military aircraft that have been in service with active Canadian squadrons both at home and overseas. 100 selected photographs have been included to illustrate a few of the major examples in addition to the serial numbers assigned to Canadian service aircraft. For those who like to actually see the aircraft concerned, aviation museum locations, addresses and contact phone numbers have been included, along with a list of aircraft held in each museum's current inventory or on display as gate guardians throughout Canada and overseas. The aircraft presented in this edition are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. Although many of Canada's heritage warplanes have completely disappeared, a few have been carefully collected, restored and preserved, and some have even been restored to flying condition. This guide-book should help you to find and view Canada's Warplane survivors.

The Creation of a National Air Force

Author : William Alexander Binny Douglas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780802023797
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book The Creation of a National Air Force written by William Alexander Binny Douglas and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Black Flight

Author : Raymond Collishaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781896979298
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (792 download)

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Download or read book The Black Flight written by Raymond Collishaw and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Development of British Naval Aviation, 1914–1918

Author : Alexander Howlett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000387615
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Development of British Naval Aviation, 1914–1918 written by Alexander Howlett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) revolutionized warfare at sea, on land, and in the air. This little-known naval aviation organization introduced and operationalized aircraft carrier strike, aerial anti-submarine warfare, strategic bombing, and the air defence of the British Isles more than 20 years before the outbreak of the Second World War. Traditionally marginalized in a literature dominated by the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force, the RNAS and its innovative practitioners, nevertheless, shaped the fundamentals of air power and contributed significantly to the Allied victory in the First World War. The Development of British Naval Aviation utilizes archival documents and newly published research to resurrect the legacy of the RNAS and demonstrate its central role in Britain’s war effort.

Cavalry of the Air

Author : Norman S. Leach
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459723341
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Cavalry of the Air written by Norman S. Leach and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the airmen of the First Word War who challenged both the enemy and death did not survive. These are their stories. In the clinging mud and trench warfare of WWI, it was soon clear that the cavalry — the elite of the elite — would be of little use. The dashing men and officers of the cavalry searched for a way to be front and center in the conflict, and found it in the new air forces being established on both sides of the Western Front. Soon lances and sabres were replaced by silk scarves and machine guns. Combat on horseback was replaced by dogfights in the air — one-on-one and in great flying formations — always between warriors. No technology changed more in the five years of the war, and none would have a bigger impact. From Great Britain to Canada to Australia and New Zealand, new heroes took the honour and dash of the cavalry to the air in flying machines — which would change the face of war forever.

Canada's Great War Album

Author : Canada's National History Society
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 1443420174
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Canada's Great War Album written by Canada's National History Society and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, Canada's Great War Album is an unprecedented and remarkable collection of Canadian photographs, memorabilia, and stories of the war. Two years ago, Canada’s History Society invited Canadians to tell their family stories from the First World War. The response was overwhelming and assembled for the first time are their personal stories and photographs that together form a compelling and moving account of the war. Canada's Great War Album also includes contributions from Peter Mansbridge, Charlotte Gray, J. L. Granatstein, Christopher Moore, Jonathan Vance, and Tim Cook. In the spirit of the bestselling 100 Photos That Changed Canada, the war that changed Canada forever is reflected here in words and pictures.

Winged Warfare (WWI Centenary Series)

Author : William A. Bishop
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528765672
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Winged Warfare (WWI Centenary Series) written by William A. Bishop and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-10-16 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Here for the first time is presented the thrilling personal narrative of a living champion of the air-the self-told story of Major William A. Bishop, of Canada and the British Royal Flying Corps." This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the world's bloodiest wars, offering new perspectives on this tragic yet fascinating period of human history. Each publication also includes brand new introductory essays and a timeline to help the reader place the work in its historical context.

Dog Fight

Author : Norman Franks
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1784380075
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Dog Fight written by Norman Franks and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2003-01-07 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of WWI aviation is a rich and varied story marked by the evolution of aircraft from slow moving, fragile, and unreliable powered kites, into quick, agile, sturdy fighter craft. At the same time there emerged a new kind of 'soldier', the fighter pilots whose individual cunning and bravery became crucial in the fight for control of the air. Dog-fight traces this rapid technological development alongside the strategy and planning of commanders and front-line airmen as they adapted to the rapidly changing events around them and learned to get the best from their machines. Often, this involved discovering and employing tactics instinctively to stay alive. Based on the author's personal correspondence with a number of WWI fighter pilots and aces, and drawing on published contemporary memoirs, this is an authoritative and lively history that serves as a captivating tribute to the brave pilots of both sides.

Flying Canucks

Author : Peter Pigott
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1554881676
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book Flying Canucks written by Peter Pigott and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1996-07-25 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying Canucks tells the fascinating story of aviation in Canada through this collection of 37 biographies of important aviators in our nation’s history. As early as 1908, having read the Wright brothers’ invention, Alberta farm boys and mechanics in Quebec villages were constructing large kites, attempting to fly them. Within a decade, Canadian air aces, like Bishop and Barker, swept the wartime skies over Frances, piloting deadly machines in mortal combat. Through the 20s, that very Canadian breed of adventurer, the bush pilot, ventured over the desolate tundra, delivering medicine and missionaries, mail and Mounties to remote communities as far as Ellesmere Island and Ungava Bay. Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force fought with distinction during the Second world War. Titles such as The Saviour of London and The Angel of Ceylon seem like wartime hype, but the skill and courage that those pilots displayed half a century ago set them apart still. For the six Canadian airmen who won the Victoria Cross, there were thousands who flew into the meat grinder that was the Allies’ strategic air offensive over Europe. This book chronicles the exploits of only a few men and women – but it truly celebrates the spirit and resolve of countless brave Canadians who are proud part of aviation in this country.